noobie shooter

robdsherlock

hi all,

just have a question for ye,

my uncle has a double barrel and he has givin me permission to use his gun. now i have gottin the cert for handling firearms.
my question is, he has the licence to the firearm, am i legally allowed to use this gun now out on my own that i have the cert got or do i have to co-licence the gun with him to use it? i have used the gun plenty of times(also shot rabbit and pheasant:D) with him with me and i feel ready to out on my own.

i just want to make sure im doing it legally:)

thanks!
rob

Sparks

You'll need your own licence for the shotgun (there isn't really a co-licence sort of thing in Ireland). So both of you will then have a licence for the same shotgun (this is perfectly fine and normal under the law).

pheasntstalker

welcome to boards, as stated by sparks thats the way to go i have as its known to me is a joint licence for a 22lr on my neighbours rifle,happy hunting:D:D:D

robdsherlock

thanks lads:)

i will get on with the licence application so!! not looking forward to the long waiting que tho!!:(

kildare.17hmr

robdsherlock wrote: »

thanks lads:)

i will get on with the licence application so!! not looking forward to the long waiting que tho!!:(

Depending n your area you may not be waiting too long. just get your FCA1 form, 2 passport photos, 2 permission letters(your uncle may be able to help with these from the farmers lands he shoots on or if its his land) and your cert to say your able to handle a gun and send it into your local station with all the boxes ticked and relivent info filled in asap.

Best of luck and welcome to the forum

robdsherlock

yup my uncle has gottin two permition letters for me,have forms filled out and just need two pasport photo's now.
cheers for the welcome:)

kildare.17hmr

robdsherlock wrote: »

yup my uncle has gottin two permition letters for me,have forms filled out and just need two pasport photo's now.
cheers for the welcome:)

ah nothin stoppin ya so off to the station with ya!

cavan shooter

Just to close the circle a letter from your uncle saying he has no problem with you licensing his firearm.

Cass

As a side note. If you are licensing your uncle's firearm look closely at section 4.1. You put in the details of his license, and this in itself may reduce the waiting time as even though you'll have your own license the firearm has already been approved.