Not intended to be patronising, its just how it is.
You cant just go out and buy a one off old gun and ask for 7.3. It needs to be an addition to a collection or a particularly rare item.
Your initial collection might be of rifles which a certain pistol would fit in with. It might be deacts or replicas and you want an example of the real thing to go with them. You might just have a big library of relevent literature and a wealth of knowledge and wish hands on experience to augment it. Your Swiss/Swedish sounds a valid route.
I have been told in the past that I should not suggest how to go about starting a collection. The whole point being the other person should have the thought of what their collection will be and then others might try to advise how to go about it.
I think theres 8 heritage centers in the UK now or I might be out of date. A few of them are very restrictive of who can join them. Bisley seems the easiest to get into but their fees are high.
Normally you join as a member then pay for storage by the box or by the number of guns, and a range fee when you attend. Heritage sessions are only open to those who have 7.3s. Its a lock in, you are handed your box, do your thing, hand in your box and then are allowed to leave. Nobody is allowed to touch anyone elses gun.
Buying and moving them is awkward, you could buy a 7.1 obsolete caliber and keep at home until you want to fire it then transfer to 7.3 and store it at a site. To buy a 7.3 is via a section 5 dealer who arranges transfer to your site, all pistols are of course sec 5.
Getting one is basically asking for a variation on your FAC.
There are a few places on the web that advertise sec5 sec7.1/3 firearms. As an FAC holder you know how hard it is to specify what you are going to buy, you might ask for a .455 russian then a .455 S&W turns up and you have to arrange a quick variation.
Last edited by Smokeless Coal; 20-02-2012 at 08:28 PM.
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