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Will you please advise me of the records kept by your clubs relating to the firearms you own - Make, calibre and serial number?
I am trying to ascertain different understanding and implementation of Home Office guidelines to shooting clubs by different clubs -

'Note 6
An attendance register should be kept of all members.
In the case of a firearm held on a member’s firearm certificate, the register will record the calibre, type and serial number of the firearm(s) used and the date. All visiting shooters should be logged in
the same way. In the case of competition shoots between clubs, the responsibility for
recording the attendance of a team member will lie with the club that the shooter
represents. In the case of open competitions, the organising club will record details
of competitors. Clubs should retain their attendance records for a minimum of 6
years.'

Thanks for your help

Do a search, covered in detail not that long ago.

We have a folder with all the guns we shoot at the club. The guns are marked A,B,C etc. For example:-

A = CZ455 .22RF s/n XXXX bolt action
B = Ruger 10/22 .22RF s/n ZZZZ self loading
C = Marlin 39A .357 s/n YYYY lever action etc etc

When we book in, they take our membership number and we put what gun we'll be using into the folder and it gets a date stamp and signature. (it doesn't always follow that what gets registered is what actually gets used ).

dromia wrote:Do a search, covered in detail not that long ago.

Thanks. I don't recal seeing that, anyway the results don't quite give me what I'm after
I'd like to know the variations on this theme from club to club and specifically what method is utilised to keep the record eg paper log, electronic log, who does the record (shooter or who!)

We're a small bore club and keep two registers:

Who came into the club: Shooting, Working or Visiting
Who shot at the club: Lightweight Sporting Rifle, LBP, Air Rifle, Air Pistol

Both paper based and recorded by the member.

dodgyrog wrote:

dromia wrote:Do a search, covered in detail not that long ago.

Thanks. I don't recal seeing that, anyway the results don't quite give me what I'm after
I'd like to know the variations on this theme from club to club and specifically what method is utilised to keep the record eg paper log, electronic log, who does the record (shooter or who!)

the tunnel at charmouth operate an index card based system, a member finds his card, records date of the visit, and firearm used. it is up to the individual what is recorded on the card. I do not list serial numbers, but define the firearm IE mares leg, 9mm sgc, g36

I do not know how often the club go through these and if they add them electronically to some sheet, but I would assume not.

I presume this has come about from the recent email from 3 Counties? The Mayfair operate the same system. Other clubs that I go as a guest for PSG/mini-rifle do the same but rather than keep records of non-members you have to write out all the info every time you sign in I've now go to the extent of printing off little stickers of all of my serial no.'s and other details!

The way that has been proposed is the most efficient I've come across, well, as long as you can remember which number corresponds to which gun...

6 pages of related discussion here:

http://www.full-bore.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=28273

We have a paper record that stays in the armoury of rifle serial numbers, make, owners and date added/checked, each assigned a number. Each shooting trip we add a line to our individual shooting record cards showing the firearm used (referenced by number), match or practice, date and sign. The public records will only therefore say " 9th Feb 17 - Kungfugerbil - Rifle 123 - Match - squiggle". If the FEO or Home Office wants to see full records we can tally to those in the master record book.

It's all paper based and much as I dislike paper, seems to work well with little faff. Obviously it's easier in our case (smallbore) as a lot of people tend to stick to one rifle for the bulk of their shootingand don't often change them.

This thread reminds me I need to update my shooter record with new guns and take off the one I have sold.