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Blimey - you don't expect ordinary plod to know Firearms law do you .
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25th Sep 2017 5:10 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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Found a 22 hollow point bullet under the seat rail of my Defender. After advice on here I pulled the end out with some pliers, and buried it.
25th Sep 2017 7:08 pm
Moo D3 Decade
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You should try going through airport security with one in your pocket left over from a weekends shooting. Its an interesting experience!New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
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25th Sep 2017 7:12 pm
nicedayforit
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When I bought a "fully valeted" discovery 1 from a main dealer many years ago I found two shotgun cartridges under one of the rear side seats. Obviously the valeter was thorough I just handed to two cartridges to the village plod who never said a word. He probably used them on his next outing.
25th Sep 2017 7:25 pm
Iguana
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I was clearing the shed that came with our first home together, must have been 1996 ish, and in the corner of the shed was the sawn-off part of a shotgun both barrels about a foot and a half in length
Took it straight down to plod and was there quite a while giving details, making a statement etc I think they believed me in the end but were very interested in the previous owners detailsIggy/Ieuan
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25th Sep 2017 8:14 pm
Parky63
Member Since: 10 Apr 2017
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Quote:
You should try going through airport security with one in your pocket left over from a weekends shooting. Its an interesting experience!
Canburne,
I managed what Moo had done. Not local plod but Special Branch
Not a nice experience.
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Re: Not what I expected......
psycho inside wrote:
I have had my car for just over a year now, and in all the time, I have had a very annoying noise, tap, tick, call it what you want, but every time the car changed direction / camber, it would make this little tick. I have searched all over for it, but has eluded me until now. But was quite surprised to find out what was causing it.
I eventually found the offending object, in a little crevice under the blower outlet, that is underneath the satnav box under the passenger seat.....!
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Parky63 wrote:
Moo,
Did you make it airside with the offending article? I did. Nice start to the holiday.
David
It was in my Barbour jacket pocket and went through the scanner in a tray. My jacket had been all over my baggage so the residue of the weekends shooting was also over the bags. They obviously identified the cartridge but then did the swab test on my bags. It sent the machine into meltdown and made a dull day very exciting for the security staff! The coppers were very good about it and knew what had happened but there is a process to go through so lots of questions, paperwork, looking at phone, laptop, social media (i don't have any) and other checks. - No Marigolds involved!
I still made my flight and they disposed of the cartridge, a lovely Gambore Black Diamond.New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
26th Sep 2017 9:16 am
Ken
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In the good ol days when the green and red channels worked it was so much quicker going though red with firearms they never really worried about the extra booze
26th Sep 2017 9:30 am
Parky63
Member Since: 10 Apr 2017
Location: Hampshire
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Very similar, Barbour jacket, cartridge left in pocket from weekend's shoot. However, security and the scanner didn't spot it
Wife and I sat having breakfast, went to light a cigarette, that's not my clipper lighter Quick discussion about what to do, we were on our way to Geneva via Paris Charles de Gaulle. I made the exec decision to go back to security and fez up. That's when Special branch got involved, played good cop/bad cop. What a pair of w s. Quoting terrorism act, own up and you'll catch your flight, don't and we'll take this down the local nick and really mess up your holiday. Oh, and did you drive down here because I can smell alcohol. I coughed to possession, took their caution, they confiscated the cartridge (Gamebore White Gold) and we made the flight.
OK, so the only bit you're really interested in - no marigolds
my kids have made it onto aircraft carrying laser pointers and penknives before now.
and skateboards ... only on outward flight. coming back it caused mayhem as "you could use it as a weapon". True maybe, but smashing the bottle of duty free and waving pointy end in someone's face whilst having sprayed a litre of flammable fluid across the cabin would be a bigger issue surely ?
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I just handed to two cartridges to the village plod who never said a word. He probably used them on his next outing.
both barrels about a foot and a half in length
but were very interested in the previous owners details
Quick discussion about what to do, we were on our way to Geneva via Paris Charles de Gaulle. I made the exec decision to go back to security and fez up. That's when Special branch got involved, played good cop/bad cop. What a pair of w 
s. Quoting terrorism act, own up and you'll catch your flight, don't and we'll take this down the local nick and really mess up your holiday. Oh, and did you drive down here because I can smell alcohol. I coughed to possession, took their caution, they confiscated the cartridge (Gamebore White Gold) and we made the flight.
