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kevin.vinke

Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 1304
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 09 10:59 am Post subject: Finaly got my licence...

After a lot of finger crossing I finaly got my licence to buy firearms.
Not wanting to waste any time Iï¿½ve bought an Anschï¿½tze Match 54 which means I wonï¿½t have to keep rezeroing the club rifles everytime I shoot.
The wish list is now as follows:
Lee Enfield .303
L1A1 SLR 7.62 hopefully with a suit sight
Finaly a pistol probably 9mm possibly the Browning. This will require me to get the Green version of the licence though.

Sadly all for target shooting etc. no hunting

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 09 11:47 am Post subject:
Hi Kevin, haven't seen you around for a while - hope you and the family are OK? Enjoy your firearms . Why can't you hunt?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 09 11:50 am Post subject:
Congratulations.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 09 1:13 pm Post subject: Re: Finaly got my licence...

kevin.vinke wrote:

Finaly a pistol probably 9mm possibly the Browning.

*envy*

gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 09 1:31 pm Post subject:
Well done !

kevin.vinke

Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 1304
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 09 7:01 am Post subject:
Iï¿½m still around in the background Hunting is completely tied up here. All the land is rented to a hunt who then organise the running of it including the fees etc. Just to get a licence takes two evenings and a full Saturday every week for six months course. Costs several thousand ï¿½ and even then thereï¿½s no garauntee that youï¿½ll a place to hunt.

Erikht

Joined: 08 Feb 2005
Posts: 3358

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 09 10:37 am Post subject:
How is it with foreign licenses in the UK?

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 5:24 am Post subject:

Erikht wrote:

How is it with foreign licenses in the UK?

Not a problem, as long as we're not talking Uzis or G36s or similar. Stalking rifles, bolt action anyway, are easy to get a visitor permit for.

Why, you coming stalking?

kevin.vinke wrote:

Iï¿½m still around in the background

Hunting is completely tied up here. All the land is rented to a hunt who then organise the running of it including the fees etc.
Just to get a licence takes two evenings and a full Saturday every week for six months course. Costs several thousand ï¿½ and even then thereï¿½s no garauntee that youï¿½ll a place to hunt.

The one thing the Germans love more than a good sausage, is a good set of pointless and stifling regulations, ideally involving the issue of numerous forms with multi-coloured stamps, photocards, notarised copies of everything from your birth certificate to your bootprints, and an oath of some sort.

I took a German friend shooting once. He shot a very nice young roebuck, then insisted on putting a sprig of greenery between its lifeless jaws as a 'last meal', and a moment of silence for the fallen one.

kevin.vinke

Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 1304
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 09 10:02 am Post subject:

Brownbear wrote:

Thatï¿½s it in a nutshell. Mind you itï¿½s getting tighter and the licence I got maybe no longer available soon (though once you have it they canï¿½t take it away). This is a reaction to the young lad who took his Dadï¿½s 9mm (left ina bedside cabinet) 60 rounds of ammo and went around his old school executing people. Head shots very one.
Strangely they donï¿½t come round to check your gun cabinet you have to send a signed photo of it!

kevin.vinke

Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 1304
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 09 2:57 pm Post subject:

Thought Iï¿½d update on the Anschï¿½tz.
The stock was a bit scratched up on the varnish so cleaned that off and used Danish oil on it. I much prefer the finish, doesnï¿½t scratch and has a nice matt finish.
Last night I got my first go with it and put 50 rounds through. For an older rifle it is as accuarte as you could want with groupings of 15mm at 50mm.
A bit heavy for lugging around hunting but shooting from a hide would work fine.
So buying an older quality rifle (in this case) can be well worthwhile.

Anyone got a view on the best 9mm pistol (must have a .22 conversion available)?

cheers,
Kevin

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 09 3:10 pm Post subject:

kevin.vinke wrote:

(must have a .22 conversion available)?

cheers,
Kevin

Why?

kevin.vinke

Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 1304
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 09 4:41 pm Post subject:

Brownbear wrote:

kevin.vinke wrote:

(must have a .22 conversion available)?

cheers,
Kevin

Why?

Too shoot the larger caliber (over 200J) I have to join a second club
however in the current club weï¿½re hoping to start off shooting match pistol with the aim of eventualy building a pistol range (up to 1500J) which hopefully will bring some of the youngsters into the club.

Iï¿½ve read the Browning high power for instance has some very good .22 conversions. It wuld also allow much cheaper practice costs lol

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 09 5:07 pm Post subject:
Not sure about .22 conversions, but I've known few people unhappy with the Sig. If I needed a pistol for 'work', I'd choose one of the CZ 75s, and I believe they do offer the 'kadett' conversion kit.

kevin.vinke

Joined: 19 Dec 2006
Posts: 1304
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 09 5:57 pm Post subject:

Brownbear wrote:

Not sure about .22 conversions, but I've known few people unhappy with the Sig. If I needed a pistol for 'work', I'd choose one of the CZ 75s, and I believe they do offer the 'kadett' conversion kit.

Yes fired the CZ very nice but a little small in my hand and it bites lol!

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