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**SantaSpud** · 08-12-2011, 18:36

Hi just wondering what qualifications Would be needed by an AI to take cadets and weapons down to a civi run competition. (appropriate references would be welcomed).

Thanks in advance SS

**honor_roll_flapjack** · 08-12-2011, 19:15

Which one? Air rifle, no. 8, etc?

**SantaSpud** · 08-12-2011, 19:26

L81 target rifle

**redshift** · 08-12-2011, 19:27

What you mean you can't check in guns as luggage at the airline desk in this country?

**target_stop** · 08-12-2011, 19:34

In the seem of your sock or tucked in your underpants elastic.

**SantaSpud** · 08-12-2011, 22:44

Should have elaborated transport will be via minibus and I just wanted to know if this is a problem or is some sort of authorisation reqd.

**dwills** · 09-12-2011, 14:28

Yes authorisation is required...

If your ACF then you won't get to draw the weapons without the correct paperwork.

Your CAA will advise you and it tends to be the QM that gives you the paperwork to confirm you are carrying them.

Similar with ammo, but you can't carry both together...

The references you need will be with the QM.

**2/51** · 09-12-2011, 17:06

I remember the good old days of travelling through East London with a bus full of spotty CCF "troops" with the luggage compartment full of .303 Lee Enfields and boxes of ammo.

That was back in the 70's so Mr Paddy would have loved to have got his hands on them!!

Always amazed me that there was an apparent lack of security with cadets weapons.

**tom_dkg** · 11-12-2011, 10:52

Originally Posted by 2/51

I remember the good old days of travelling through East London with a bus full of spotty CCF "troops" with the luggage compartment full of .303 Lee Enfields and boxes of ammo.

That was back in the 70's so Mr Paddy would have loved to have got his hands on them!!

Always amazed me that there was an apparent lack of security with cadets weapons.

That brought back a few memories from that time! It is amazing how many rifles you could fit in the back of a mini estate- though we did have run strict blanket security.

A blanket went on top.

**Flaggie** · 30-01-2012, 15:29

Originally Posted by 2/51

I remember the good old days of travelling through East London with a bus full of spotty CCF "troops" with the luggage compartment full of .303 Lee Enfields and boxes of ammo.

That was back in the 70's so Mr Paddy would have loved to have got his hands on them!!

Always amazed me that there was an apparent lack of security with cadets weapons.

And I thought we were bad. At least we put the No 4s in one vehicle and the ammunition in another, and didn't have them move in convoy together.

As things got dodgier with PIRA, we took to putting the bolts in a separate vehicle.

Eventually we had to empty our amoury of all but but the DP weapons and put them in the Tower. Feckin Micks, spoiling our fun!