What's your ammo limit ?

Our man in Havana

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What would you do if you got an inspection visit from the Gardaí?

tuxy

Bond-007 wrote: »

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What would you do if you got an inspection visit from the Gardaí?

I dono?
Go to jail?



They can take a look at my mp3 collection while they are at it.

IDon'tKnow!

V Bull wrote: »

Watch out Bigred.......Victor might try to incite a break-in to your home........:eek::eek::eek:

With amount he is packing you would need a small army to get into his house!

H!ghveloc!ty

I have 100 in 9mm. I asked in my local ststion to have it increased and was told to apply in writing, so I did, and asked for 500 rounds. 3 weeks later I got a phonecall from the guard in charge of gun licences and was told the Super said NO !!! end of.

bunny shooter

tuxy wrote: »

I dono?
Go to jail?



They can take a look at my mp3 collection while they are at it.

"Joe Public" doesn't licence your firearms and is more than likely happy to hear you are only allowed 25 cartridges and would be appalled that you can actually get more than that. If you notice I put "Joe Public" in brackets thinking you might cop on to what I was getting at. In hindsight I should have spelled it out .............. DOJ and gardai do read this forum !!!!!!!

Probable outcome of Garda visit may include a criminal conviction, revocation of FAC's................

You're so anxious to be open and honest why not post you're real name here, I'm sure Gardai will be able to track you down and visit you

Then they'll probably want to know what firearms dealer has been giving you more ammo than your FAC allows then they'll probably get a visit .................

tuxy

Ok....
There is a problem with dealers selling more ammo then is allowed on the FAC
Agreed?
What do you think, we the responsible shooting community should do about it?

bunny shooter

tuxy wrote: »

Ok....
There is a problem with dealers selling more ammo then is allowed on the FAC
Agreed?
What do you think, we the responsible shooting community should do about it?

Look for increase on licence and not break the terms of our FAC's

bunny shooter

H!ghveloc!ty wrote: »

I have 100 in 9mm. I asked in my local ststion to have it increased and was told to apply in writing, so I did, and asked for 500 rounds. 3 weeks later I got a phonecall from the guard in charge of gun licences and was told the Super said NO !!! end of.

You are not alone

tuxy

bunny shooter wrote: »

Look for increase on licence and not break the terms of our FAC's

Yes, but many dealers are informing customers that it is ok to exceed the limit on the FAC as these limits are never checked. I had always figured it was no big deal as many dealers had told me not to worry about it.

bunny shooter

tuxy wrote: »

Yes, but many dealers are informing customers that it is ok to exceed the limit on the FAC as these limits are never checked. I had always figured it was no big deal as many dealers had told me not to worry about it.

I'm sure the Judge would let you off when you give him that excuse :rolleyes:

Remember, ignorance of the law is no defence in law.

If your dealer is good enough to allow you to buy extra ammo maybe you should keep it quiet

Paddy Diver

bunny shooter wrote: »

If your dealer is good enough to allow you to buy extra ammo maybe you should keep it quiet

Yup

V Bull

I buy my ammo in bulk and is held by my dealer as I need it. He would NEVER entertain giving me over my limit BUT will hold the remainder of ammo for me and release it as I need it.

It wasn't me!

That's not a bad system at all actually VBUll, good idea, may consider an arrangement like that if my ammo limit is constrained.

thehair

bunny shooter wrote: »

lads this forum is open to "Joe Public"

spot on bunny thankyou. steve

IDon'tKnow!

When joe public look at a cert and see 100 rounds they think that is 100 people who could be shot with your gun and ammo if it feel into the wrong hands.

If you shoot target with Hand Gun, Shotgun or Rifle 100 round is not very much ammo. And many dealers do offer price breaks on large amount of ammo.

I have being offered good prices on .22LR in packs of 500 and 12g shells in packs of 1000.

If you want to get these price breaks then you could buy with a group and split the ammo up.

If you don't live near a ammo dealer might not be convenient for you to leave you surplus ammo with them. Don't know if all dealers would offer this service.

Its easy to forget when you shoot that most non-shooters can't see why anyone would want or need to have a firearm.

spideog7

When joe public look at a cert and see 100 rounds they think that is 100 people who could be shot with your gun and ammo if it feel into the wrong hands.

That's just foolish, it's going to take at least 6 or 7 rounds to zero the thing

phantom_lord

fishdog wrote: »

Perhaps someone can confirm this for me:

I am told that if you hold a European Firearms Pass that you are automaticallyentitled to 500 rounds for each firearm listed on it.

yeah, as far as i can remember I have a limit of 500 on my europass and only a 100 on my licence, it's been a long time since i've looked at it tho. prob needs to be renewed

murph226

pestshooter7 wrote: »

12G(x2)= no limit
223= no limit
22lr= no limit

does it say this on your certs?

dresden8

It wasn't me! wrote: »

That's not a bad system at all actually VBUll, good idea, may consider an arrangement like that if my ammo limit is constrained.

If? Jammy fecker.

clivej

For my 22lr I got 100 on the license and applied for 1000 and got 250. And she put 250 on the shotgun license as well.
Applying for a 223 and asked for 500 rounds but I saw her put down 250 on the application so you just can't win it would seem.

It wasn't me!

dresden8 wrote: »

If? Jammy fecker.

Well I put in that application for an increase in April or May, and my birthday's past, so unless he's planning a really good christmas present, I'm pretty sure it got ignored.

dresden8

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Well I put in that application for an increase in April or May, and my birthday's past, so unless he's planning a really good christmas present, I'm pretty sure it got ignored.

My request for 500 was ignored.

It wasn't me!

dresden8 wrote: »

My request for 500 was ignored.

500 eh?

*keeps head down now*

Scoogles

My best buddy is a firearms officer, not my local one though unfortunately, he says the maximum in law is 100 for any shot gun or rifle, 50 for a farmers shotgun and 50 for every second shotgun you have, its a bit relaxed as long as you put it on the original application form, sometimes he says lads fill out the application themselves and try to be cute and stick down 1000 or 500 and then they get the sting of his tail. He told me before to apply in writing to the super. showing clay competitions i had enetered etc and seek my amount increased.

As far as the fireams dealers i rang him one day and he was in a local gundealers inspecting their log books at scene. That could spell trouble.

Its great having a buddy who knows the ins and outs. On applications he gives me the exact wording and what to say so the super won't shoot me down.

Sparks

he says the maximum in law is 100 for any shot gun or rifle, 50 for a farmers shotgun and 50 for every second shotgun you have

He's very much mistaken. There is no maximum in law, at all, for any firearm type.

Scoogles

I'm soory he seemed adamant and he's generally not too far off the mark. He'll be hearing from me,

Sparks

No need for you to be sorry Scoogles, he's the one who got it wrong

dresden8

Scoogles wrote: »

he seemed adamant

Garda eh?

Our man in Havana

100 seems to be the default limit for Rifles/Unlimited shotguns. 25 for limited shotguns.

Dvs

Scoogles wrote: »

he seemed adamant

Stand and Deliver !