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20th Jun 2008, 16:17
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Fac
Hi, can anyone explain to me what this FAC is all about? ta.
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20th Jun 2008, 16:22
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Re: Fac
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Hi, can anyone explain to me what this FAC is all about? ta.
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FAC = Fire Arms Certificate and is needed to own firearms, or in our case, air rifles with a muzzle energy over 12 ft/lbs, or air pistols with a muzzle energy of over 6 ft/lbs.
An FAC isn't needed for air rifles under 12ft/lbs or air pistols under 6ft/lbs.
Most sporting air rifles are close to the limit, being in the region of 11.5 ft/lbs, which is plenty enough to kill rabbits etc at reasonable ranges of upto 40 meters or so.
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21st Jun 2008, 00:52
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Re: Fac
it also means that the police have to give approval for a firearm to be used on any land you want to use a FAC rated airgun on so you cannot just take it to the local farm and tap raddits as you can with a normal air gun.
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21st Jun 2008, 13:03
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Re: Fac
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Originally Posted by Dale
FAC = Fire Arms Certificate and is needed to own firearms, or in our case, air rifles with a muzzle energy over 12 ft/lbs, or air pistols with a muzzle energy of over 6 ft/lbs.
An FAC isn't needed for air rifles under 12ft/lbs or air pistols under 6ft/lbs.
Most sporting air rifles are close to the limit, being in the region of 11.5 ft/lbs, which is plenty enough to kill rabbits etc at reasonable ranges of upto 40 meters or so.
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A pistol over 6ft lb cannot be owned at all.
Not since 1997 when handguns were banned.
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21st Jun 2008, 13:05
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Re: Fac
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it also means that the police have to give approval for a firearm to be used on any land you want to use a FAC rated airgun on so you cannot just take it to the local farm and tap raddits as you can with a normal air gun.
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Only if your FAC isn't an 'open' ticket.
An open ticket means judgement on the land's clearance is bestowed upon the licence holder.
A 'closed' ticket needs the Chief of police to make that judgement.
Pete.
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21st Jun 2008, 18:45
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Re: Fac
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Originally Posted by snock
A pistol over 6ft lb cannot be owned at all.
Not since 1997 when handguns were banned.
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Now that I didn't know, that's something else that has changed since I've been away. 
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22nd Jun 2008, 00:01
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Re: Fac
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Originally Posted by snock
Only if your FAC isn't an 'open' ticket.
An open ticket means judgement on the land's clearance is bestowed upon the licence holder.
A 'closed' ticket needs the Chief of police to make that judgement.
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hmm so you need to be in Chiefys good books do you.
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22nd Jun 2008, 09:20
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Re: Fac
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hmm so you need to be in Chiefys good books do you.
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I don't know about that [  ] so much.
My first FAC was for an airgun [a rapid]. The ticket was a closed one, so I had to contact the Firearms Licensing Dept. for each additional bit of land I wanted to shoot it on. 
When my ticket came up for renewal, I put in for some variations and I also suggested to the FEO that an open ticket would be dead handy as I'm looking for extra land.
My ticket came back with the .22lr and .17HMR on an open ticket.
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