european firearms pass

jimbrowning

any 1 have 1 or know where i can download it???

thanks!!!

dCorbus

There's been a couple of threads on this topic:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=71963929
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=68625873


It's a topic that pops up every couple of months.

(Note to mods: If it's not already there, maybe the relevant posts on this topic could be posted in the stickies section, so lads'll know where to find the info handy?)

Short answer to the OP: You can't download the EFP, you go to your local GS, bring 2 photos, and any FAC's you want included on the EFP, and get your FO to give you your EFP. No cost. No waiting time. (Although I think it has to be signed by the Super, so probably best make sure that he/she is in and go to the station where the Super's office is).

BTW you are entitled to the EFP if you have a FAC - there's no screening or waiting time. It's one of the very few entitlements you do have.

Hope that helps. dC

jimbrowning

thanks dc.

JasonBourne

so when you get the licence and say for example you go on a clay shooting weekend in say Spain, which airline will take your gun? "Ruin"air? Aerlingus? is it basicly excess baggage? and do you have to do anything to the fire arm before its checked in? like trigger lock? and what about ammo? does it have to be stored separately? just curious

Tackleberrywho

JasonBourne wrote: »

so when you get the licence and say for example you go on a clay shooting weekend in say Spain, which airline will take your gun? "Ruin"air? Aerlingus? is it basicly excess baggage? and do you have to do anything to the fire arm before its checked in? like trigger lock? and what about ammo? does it have to be stored separately? just curious

You can bring your firearm, you need to give notice to airline of intention to travel.

You need a serious Flight case or Baggage Handlers will make shi* of your rifle. I know a lot of guys who put rubber on the Muzzle crown to protect it from impacts.

Ammo is shipped by some airlines and not others, needs to be shipped separate not in same case.
I'd always put a trigger lock on as a basic line of security not sure if it is policy. You need all your paperwork in order.

I never did it, but I almost did except the guys I was going to Eastern Europe with bowed out

JasonBourne

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

You can bring your firearm, you need to give notice to airline of intention to travel.

You need a serious Flight case or Baggage Handlers will make shi* of your rifle. I know a lot of guys who put rubber on the Muzzle crown to protect it from impacts.

Ammo is shipped by some airlines and not others, needs to be shipped separate not in same case.
I'd always put a trigger lock on as a basic line of security not sure if it is policy. You need all your paperwork in order.

I never did it, but I almost did except the guys I was going to Eastern Europe with bowed out

+1 for the info, thanks!!

Cass

Grizzly45 sums up the entire ordeal fairly nicely.

Grizzly 45

FORGET RYANAIR for anything to do with guns..They absolutely,no way,will not,ever carry firearms on their planes.
Aer Lingus or others are depending on who you speak to,good,bad indifferent to dealing with the flying shooting folk.

You DO NEED a lockable hard case to transport the firearms.Ammo can be transported in CARGO HOLD baggage provided it isnt loose in the luggage[IOW keep it in its original box] and you can only take so much of it.
Unless you are going big game hunting orto a target match,I'd buy the shotgun shells in the country you are going to,they are usually available in the EU and usually cheaper.

DO have all your documents with you on your person.NOT in the locked luggage with the gun.By that I mean your EU FP,Irish FAC ,if you are transiting thru a 3rd country to your destination ,it is a good plan to have that countries customs clearence of your gun onto the destination country with you.
I did it last year thru Amsterdam and had no bother.Sparks did it a year before going to a shooting match and had awful bother.:eek: Last thing you need if you have VERY little layover time is explaining to a grumpy customs offical,counter terrorist cop and whatnot,why your gun hasnt got a clearence from the local boys in blue,and your flight is leaving within 20 mins.IOW research all the countries laws about bringing a gun temporarily onto their turf.

Yes,you will get screwed by most airlines on the excess baggage,sports goods charges.Or they will try it anyway.
It can be done,but it takes abit of preparation beforehand.