njc110381 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 I just need to vent my frustration with some like minded people. I'm sure it will make a few of you smile! I sent in a variation last week to swap a .375 mod slot for a .300 mod and put a .444 Marlin on my old .375H&H slot. Anyway, got a letter back today. Quite quick - result, or so I thought. According to them I need to pay the variation fee as I got rid of my .375H&H too long ago. Late October 2008 in fact. So, what was that bit of pipe and wood that was sat in my cabinet until 6/7/09 (when I sold it)? Do they mean to say that they have no record of its return from Canada (the dates match)? And to think they've questioned my need for a third Deer calibre. I want a lever gun with open sights for close range woodland use as my shoot is really scrubby and I get within feet of the Deer regularly! Anything with a scope is hopeless which counts out the 6.5 and .300. Yet for some reason a third rifle is excessive? Forget needs and wants, I've got to sort their records out for them because they're so bloody hopeless! I question their suitability to hold a biro let alone judge what I should have. Stern words to be had tomorrow me thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 GO GET EM KILLA, GIVE EM FOOKING HELL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kip270 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 Be mindfull and deliver the facts, you don't want to say anything you may regret later as they will put it on file and become more difficult later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted July 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 I just had a good chat with the manager. He's a great bloke to deal with (maybe a little reserved at times but a nice guy). Turns out customs signed it back in as a shotgun and they couldn't make sense of it so it got lost. Good job someone is honest and didn't sell it down the pub I put forward my reasons for wanting the .444 as well as my other two Deer calibres and he said it sounded reasonable to him. I have to put everything we've said in writing and get it in the post to them and it should be sorted fairly easily. According to him the police armourer took a sharp breath when they asked him about the calibre and that put them off a bit. After what I've said they seem to be backing down a little which is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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