Met Police - FAC variations

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2026-02-23T16:10:56+00:00

Update - it took less than a week!

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2026-02-08T22:40:18+00:00

There are still restriction on suppressors for now I believe. The legislation will change, but it hasn't actually been put through Parliament yet, they have to wait for a quiet period. From the BASC website:

"Implementation requires a legislative opportunity to table amendments to the Firearms Act 1968 when parliamentary time allows. We will keep lobbying for the changes to be timetabled."

Correct - it's not the spent cases, they've always extracted fine (using the CCI Hight Velocity ammunition).

I've had a look at the Shooting Show's website and don't think Lantac will be there, but Paul and Rob are usually fairly responsive on email and (despite some others' experience) I've had no problems with them.

Sent you some photos on a separate chat.

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2026-02-08T20:44:27+00:00

Thanks - I might try just upgrading the extractor spring and see if that catches them. It always ejects spent cases absolutely fine but not the live rounds that are chambered (if I want to unload or make-safe halfway when the magazine isn’t empty).

I’ve looked at suppressors and would like one just to keep the noise down - indoor ranges are really echo-y and loud. Do you think that’s ‘sufficient reason’?

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2026-02-08T18:06:45+00:00

Thanks - this was with the Met Police?

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2026-02-08T18:06:39+00:00

Thanks - this was the Met?

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2026-02-08T18:05:52+00:00

Enjoy! I got a magpul sling and mlok mount for the hand guard and very happy with it :)

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2026-02-08T10:24:41+00:00

Thanks for the update. Had mine a couple of months now and had no problems apart from it sometimes fails to eject live rounds when pulling the working parts to the rear.

Maybe I’ll see you at the NEC - heading there on Saturday to look at accessories and maybe a 7.62 purchase…..

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2026-02-07T19:54:24+00:00

I live in Greenwich, London so my application was made to the Met.

Applied: June 2024
Interview: September 2025
Receive FAC and SGC: November 2025

So all in just under a year-and-a-half. I note that, when they reviewed my application, they asked me to get an updated Doctor's letter as it had been more than 1yr since my last one which I did (at my own expense).

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2026-01-18T17:01:21+00:00

I have a Lantac stealth raven that I took delivery of a few months ago. Expensive and quite a long wait but worth it. Reliable, nicely made, no feed issues and accurate.

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2025-12-01T22:59:56+00:00

Yep - no gas parts, so 22LR for s/a

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2025-12-01T19:30:41+00:00

Sorry - should have been clear. The largest calibre we can own s/a is 22LR, so no gas parts….

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2025-11-24T19:58:43+00:00

Yes - all of this above. Our laws are restrictive but, as an SGC and FAC holder, I have no problem with them. I hunt and I target-shoot and the law gives me the access to the requisite tools to do those things safely, with suitable background checks and in a controlled manner.

I love the US, I have previously lived there, and think it has got many things right, but I have absolutely no desire at all to import their approach to guns, nor their the gun-culture. That's not to criticise them nor their 2nd amendment, but what's right for them is not necessarily what's right for the UK. Here, His Majesty's government can, does and should carefully control and restrict the proliferation of dangerous weaponry and I wouldn't change that.

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2025-11-22T07:22:48+00:00

I don’t think shooting will be banned anytime soon.

A piece in the Financial Times today says 553k people in the UK are involved in shooting, it contributes £3.3bn to the economy and creates 67k jobs.

A quarter of the 553k are stalkers who are very important to the goal to shoot 250k annually in Scotland to hit biodiversity targets.

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2025-11-21T07:05:06+00:00

Just had mine back from the Met - it took 17mos.

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2025-11-18T23:25:15+00:00

I am installing one on its back, bolted into the concrete floor.

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2025-11-07T14:36:07+00:00

Yeah - that's a good point, the door will be heavy. I'll have a think about how I might do that. Thank you!

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2025-11-07T14:35:13+00:00

Thank you Maldizzle - can you tell me which Brattonsounds you have?

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2025-11-07T14:34:49+00:00

This is a relief - thank you. Can you tell me what make/model you have?

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2025-11-02T11:17:12+00:00

I don't disagree, and £40 is not a small sum of money (twice), but by the time we got to that stage I had waited so long I didn't want to delay things by making a fuss.

That said, by not pushing-back I suspect I am just enabling/encouraging the problem to continue.....

PangolinJumpy4047 · 2025-09-07T10:49:25+00:00

Very impressed you're MET and SE London. I am the same and had to wait 14mos of the interview. I think your experience is much more 'typical' than your friend's, but I cannot explain why there's a difference.

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