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  • 07-01-2012 11:57pm
    #1
    serious3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭


    to transfer ownership of my rifle to another licence holder? i filled the form FCA2 out on the 21 nov, and the lad who's getting the rifle text me and said it would be up to three months!!! my local firearms officer said a week to ten days!! so who's right? i'm getting a bit fed up waiting.


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  • #2
    alderdeer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭alderdeer


    serious3 wrote: »
    to transfer ownership of my rifle to another licence holder? i filled the form FCA2 out on the 21 nov, and the lad who's getting the rifle text me and said it would be up to three months!!! my local firearms officer said a week to ten days!! so who's right? i'm getting a bit fed up waiting.

    I applied for a licence just before christmas myself and was told by the gardai it would probably be back in a week or ten days too seeing as its a quite time of year for licences. but they do have a maximum time of three months alright if busy or there is a problem


  • #3
    doyle61
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭doyle61


    I substituted my lisance in november and got it back Friday but I was also getting concerned about the long wait so rang my local station and also Garda hq to find out where on the system the application was. Both were very helpful. I'm just putting the delay down to the whole Christmas break


  • #4
    daithi55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭daithi55


    does it cost anything to swap your license to another gun lads since the new licensing came in


  • #5
    doyle61
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 442 ✭✭doyle61


    Substitution doesn't cost anything bud


  • #6
    peter o reilly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭peter o reilly


    You can only substitute one rifle for another if they are in the same class ie a.17 for .22 otherwise the gardai will ask you for another 80 euro for a fresh application .


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  • #7
    serious3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭serious3


    its a .243 thats going to a lad thats got a licence for a 6.5 which he has up for sale/sold so in that case it should be a straight substitution.


  • #8
    landkeeper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭landkeeper


    unless he hasn't been able to sell the 6.5 and has had to make a fresh application for the .243


  • #9
    james4510
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭james4510


    its actually changed recently i put a substitution through as i traded in my .22lr for a 12g pump action shotty. cost me nothing as they were both non-restricted!! you only have to pay now if u change from non- restricted to restricted licence or vise versa


  • #10
    serious3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭serious3


    landkeeper wrote: »
    unless he hasn't been able to sell the 6.5 and has had to make a fresh application for the .243

    even then it shouldnt take from early oct to now should it. even in the hieght of the celtic tiger when everyone was buying everything it only took me 6 weeks!!


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