Cookie you just do not need to have a gun cabinet, it has to be bolted to the floor and walls of the house so it can not be easily removed and getting permission to hunt on someones property is not that easy, unless you know the farmer or land owner very well you will often get sent packing. Most farmers do not like people walking across their fields with guns of any type. As for being a member of a gun club, the UK is not like the USA, there are not gun clubs in every town and village. Unless you live in a highly populated area good luck finding one. Like I said it might be easier getting an FAC license for an air rifle, but when I was there getting a fire arms license was extremely difficult and the Chief Constable had the final say on it, if for any reason he did not like the look of you or your application you would not be granted one. I was told by a few police officers it helped if you had some friends in the police force which I did, but my father did not want to have to buy a very expensive gun cabinet and then install it in the home and have it inspected, just to house a single shot gun that he had inherited, it was just not worth the hassle. I am sure since I left the UK it has got harder to get an FAC and not easier, but as I said before I am not totally sure that the procedure is exactly the same for a license for an air rifle, but I would assume that a fire arms license is a fire arms license, no matter what gun it applies to, after all you do not need an FAC for every gun, once you have it you can own as many as you like, Neil.
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