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Why would the import duty be set at 8% for items from EU country when from the US its 2.7%? In addition to the facebook post , i’ve also been told ( but not seen it in print) that the carriers are either refusing or placing greater restrictions on deliveries of shooting related goods, I asked about an order with reloading international this year and they now require you to use a freight agent this side as they say they are unable to use parcel force. With the current exchange rate , these additional costs meant that to me the saving was not worth the investment. The problem is that the UK market for shooting products is small, there are no domestic manufacturers and so just about all of it has to imported either by individuals or business, running a business in the UK is an expensive undertaking especially when you factor in capital tied up in stock that may sit there for years, so investing in large quantities of a say a bullet that then goes out of fashion is a risky undertaking, the costs of which have to be spread over the sales as a whole. Then throw in exchange rates for good measure. Employ staff and your overheads rocket yet again. 20 shops in the uk selling 50k bullets a year will never be able to compete with a warehouse in brussels selling a million. There are also stories circulating that even for the companies that import to the uk the manufacturers are insisting on ever greater minimum order quantities that they will ship, requiring ever greater amounts of capital tied up in stock that may take years to sell. Around 80% of my consumables have come from within the uk, for the rest i’ve used brownells (when you could import from the US) and shootingsupplieseu as their service was superb ( though their stocks were always variable). So when if you have sufficient funds to purchase sufficient quantities to last a year or so you are faced with the opportunity of saving 25% ( and may well find there is no stock in the uk) most people are going to take the saving, it also introduces market forces into the market. In the absence of being able to import as individuals, those choices are removed and the commercial importers will not be shy in using it to their advantage, it may well not be to make excessive profits more likely adding a couple of percent instead to the bottom line instead and turning “getting by” into a reasonable living.

Shootingsupplieseu have recently put a post on facebook Dear Customers! Yes, it's quiet some time that you haven't heard from us. You've seen on our Website that we are selling out all our products. So, here is what happens: Since the attacks in Paris (Bataclan) we were aware that the will be a new law with new rules in Europe. Mostly a ban on high cap magazines and more strict rules for selling components. Both were a major business for us. So we had to make a decision : Close the shop or restructuration. We have choosen the second option. We have been selling out our stock since September with really good Deals for you. In the meanwhile, we have decided to continue business with only to many manufacturers left: LYMAN and REDDING. We will restock both manufacturers in the first quarter of 2020 and we will continue to offer outstanding service and the best price. All other items will go offline as soon as the will be sold out and other items will no longer be available on our site. Thanks for your support and your understanding! The entire Team wishes you a Merry X-mas and a happy and prosperous year 2020! maybe this has some bearing on the choices some suppliers have made.

Yep, but its also used as an excuse for being unable to understand that others outside their social bubble don’t use language the same way they do.

Today the country stands at the fork in the road, tomorrow the path will have been (most likely) determined. Both will be likely to make the country more divided for many years to come unless there is a decisive majority one way or the other.

We live in a world where - councils etc can choose just not reply to a query and hope its all forgotten - petty criminals will deny anything and everything because there’s a reasonable chance there’ll be no prosecution on the grounds “of not in the public interest” - road safety is pretty much in the hands of speed cameras - no one in the public sector is really accountable - the vast majority only listen to soundbites - everything is spun and distorted to the point much is meaningless. - where any view other than that deemed worthy is going to be an extreme -with politics having become so polarised, its been taken over by the minority on the extreme of either side shouting over the moderate middle, that the majority become forgotten so why would any of the parties take the effort to be honest and honourable having spent so many years creating a society and system that is anything but. It has gone far beyond the point of picking the least worst, yet leaves no other option.

I’ll take that pete, meeting at bisley should be easy enough. regards phil

Its on hold for “Olly” if he decides not to take it, you have second dibs

DCR trigger spf , to Ballistol

Forster CoAx press, as supplied by forster plus short handle and adapter to allow use of standard shell holder. SOLD Rifle Basix trigger top safety and bolt release SOLD Devon Custom Rifles trigger , top safety , 1-4 lb, trigger blade has been reduced slightly to clear a trigger guard. SOLD Bank transfer preferred.

Redding Competition 7 saum seater and neck sizing dies £130 posted Wilson 223 rem micrometer seater and bushing full length. £150 posted both sets to be sold as a pair.

How many thousands of tonnes of lead adorn our buildings across the uk alone, most generally has rain water running across it for endless years, not sure how a lead core pretty much completely encapsulated in copper and caught in a backstop ( which on a range will be deleaded regularly and materials recycled). Does’nt mean there won’t be reports and consultations, but outcome is another thing. I don’t shoot a shotgun , but thought there were already restrictions regarding shot in various circumstances.

Would the obvious approach not be to ask the NRA? Rick Wells is i believe the range manager and if he doesn’t know would likely be able to find out.

Which is probably not a small part in why the nra have taken over the issuing of cards. New system is pretty straightforward if you shoot in NRA / Bisley competitions, can see it being a nusiance for some. Though at least NRA are putting things in place early, i was asked in march formy details for a card that expires this december.

Looks as though its a reminder of the hme rules , you’re expected to know if you’re exceeding the hme limit and if you have then you’ve shot an hme card and handed it in to the range office get a photocopy of it for inspection on the range if needed ( at bisley) or an alternative hme procedure on other ranges whislt shooting under the nra. pretty easy to check , rco asks for say 3 rounds, two are fired over a chrony , 3rd pulled and bullet weighed. If you’ve already done an hme card , unlikely you’ll be asked.

Unfortunately skilled markers are few and far between, on occasions your score can be little more than a lucky dip and/or you can be forever calling message 4.Its hard enough for clubs to get enough good markers over the winter let alone through the spring / summer months. Paying ever more does’nt seem to cure the problem. So you’re left with 3 options, competitor marking ( which is more popular in some disciplines than others) , accept the markers you get, or start using electronics. this weekends fclass league shoot is going to be using electronics at diggle , should be a good test of the equipment and feedback from competitors will be important.