Does a retail seller of sub 12ftlb airguns have to be an RFD?

[Brian.Samson]

There also might be a bit of a loophole in the law as well - perhaps someone with a better understanding can expand on it, but I believe you can be an 'Agent' of an existing RFD with little or no checks involved.

I believe that some RFD's have exploited this loophole and made all of their delivery drivers 'agents' so they legally fulfill the face-to-face only requirement.. since the delivery driver is an 'RFD' he can sell face-to-face at your front door.

[mag44uk]

Thanks all.
Aspects there I wasnt aware of.
It came up as a topic on a facebook group.

[bighit]

do tuning people need to be an RFD also ?

[Black Beard]

No, unless they are selling tuned airguns. It is all about commercial selling. If you are fixing up someone else's airgun there is no need. No need either if you want to make an airgun for yourself (good luck with that!).

[bighit]

Just read a BASC page that says you don't need one for fixing airguns.

[DM80]

If your repairing an airgun for a friend or member of the public then you wouldn't need an rfd but if you are repairing and tuning as a business commercial venture etc you would really need to be rfd,

Dave.

[Powderfinger]

There is no "loophole" about agents of RFDs. Someone working for an RFD is allowed to deliver airguns for that RFD. The delivery driver is working for the RFD just like someone working in the shop is working for the RFD. They are not conducting door-to-door selling. They are delivering. Long may that continue in order to allow the trade to continue to exist. More restrictions would mean more shops closing their doors because they are not economic to run anymore.

[premierpistol]

If your repairing an airgun for a friend or member of the public then you wouldn't need an rfd but if you are repairing and tuning as a business commercial venture etc you would really need to be rfd,

Dave.

This may be another of those "Depends on the FEO and the county authority" situations? , I didnt have to have an RFD to carry out repairs as way of business but another guy i know, in York area, did. The only thing other than a postcode and deapartment difference were I have a FAC and does not? I cant see that making much of a difference TBH but maybe because they had already done the background checks on me, may have some bearing on it?

There were issues with NOT having an RFD though, some parts were difficult to obtain and if an airgun was over the limit, I was advised to inform the FEO of this, carry out the works and tuning and then let them know it was now of legal status. a faff on and waste of mine and the FEO's time but if it kept me on the right side of things, they were happy.

I regularly carried out works for a number of RFD's locally to me, so they allowed me to act as a "slave" meaning I had authority from them to carry out repairs to guns that were booked into their shop. This allowed me to transport, reair and test any rifle, shotgun or airgun whilst carrying out the repair for them. I would arrange any FAC airguns to go through them at a modest admin cost so that they would carry out the final exchange with the customer and check licenses etc.

Worked well but to be honest, there is or was, lots of hours and plenty of running around for little money to be made in repairs so I went back to working for a wage. Pretty much the same as Darrin from XTX did

I still do the odd repair for friends and my old regulars, when I have time.. and will likely return to it full time when the time is right and the mortgage is paid off LOL