even if its smooth bore and you intend to fire solid shot it should go on your firearms ticket,
if you intend to use it as a shot gun, then section 2,
be very careful with an original brown bess, very light loads,
THANKS,T,
If you buy an obsolete Cal Musket say good condition Brown Bess how do you get it on your Sec 2 ??
Last edited by series2a; 17-09-2016 at 06:34 PM.
even if its smooth bore and you intend to fire solid shot it should go on your firearms ticket,
if you intend to use it as a shot gun, then section 2,
be very careful with an original brown bess, very light loads,
THANKS,T,
There is a special dispensation in the Firearms Act that allow muzzleloaders using smoothbore antiques to be fired with a ball and have them on a SGC. Only if an antique is rifled does it need to be on an FAC.
You are right about being careful with an antique. I know a couple of people that shoot orginial Brown Bess muskets and they worked the load up rather than risk just stoking it up with a big charge.
As far as I am aware you can write it on your SGC and send it in to the police with a covering letter stating that it is an antique and that you now intend to use it for target shooting on approved ranges.
Some FEO's will tell you that once it is on the certificate it cannot be taken off. That is not true. If you decide not to use it you can take it off the SGC and hang it on the wall.
From what I have heard a lot of people put an antique in their license, use it a few times and then take it off. This creates a lot of paperwork which they would like to avoid.
I put a 12.7x44R Swedish rolling block on my ticket many years ago,
I am thinking of taking it off and hanging it on the wall as I do not shoot it now,
will I be able to do a one for one and get another cal on my ticket instead of the 12.7,
thanks,T