Thread: Useing the firearms register

Just registered my guns. That was painful.

When filling out your licence details, your name has to be exactly the same as on your FAL (i.e. capital letters). I missed that and had to phone them. After being on hold for a good while, nice lady said it was a common problem and the form should be made to default to capitals. Also, don't use autocomplete on the forms and make sure there are no spaces after your names.

Gun registration was a headache. To my mind, it suggests that use of the Firearm Reference Table ID is optional. It is not! Put some details in to the form (e.g. manufacturer; calibre) and then hit the search button to find your gun. Some pitfalls, it looks like a fairly comprehensive list, but it is not.

That's an hour of my life I won't get back, but it's done.