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Originally Posted by DavidJayUden
From what I can see the gun doesn't look bad at all. We occasionally see them in worse condition simply due to a lack of care and poor storage.
We look forward to seeing more photos once the new baby comes home.
Just for our information, tell us the legal, time and costs of owning a Luger in Belgium.
Thanks, and enjoy!
dju
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Thanks, It's not all that bad indeed, that's why it didn't bother me in the first place,
Hope that it comes home soon, hehe
Legal time and cost to own a Luger in Belgium, there's 2 ways,
First is how I did it, to get a licence called sport/ recreational shooter, which involves being member of a shooting club shooting federation 200€ a year, then you get a starter licence for 6 months to a year, in that time you may only shoot weapons in the club and can't own any of yourself yet, in that time we need to do a written theoretical exam about the laws for shooting and owning a firearm in Belgium, and then a practical exam for each category, A=revolver, B=pistol, C= long rifle non threaded barrel, D= long rifle threaded barrel, exam cost around 20€, after passing we get our full licence, but that license only allows us to own a pistol in .22 and threaded barrel rifles in all calibers,
So for a Luger we need another license, a pistol license carried out by the gouvernement, for this license we need to send a copy of the sport/recreantional shooter license and an official document from city hall that states we have done no criminal facts in our lifetime, and for that pistol license I have to pay 100,67€ and it takes normally max 3. months, but can sometimes take longer if they "forget"
2nd way is to not have a sporter/recreational license, only a pistol license, we still need to be a member of a shooting club, just not a federation, 150€ a year in stead of 200€, so then we have to do a theoretical and practical exam every time we want a license, and to get that license we need a certificate from our doctor telling we are physically and mentally fit to shoot and own a gun, and also the certificate from city hall with no criminal records, so you save 50€ a year on the federation, but then you pay 20€ per exam per gun, and like 20€ for the doctor per gun, and takes more time to make an appointment at the doctors office and do the exam which is only on certain dates, so money wise it's not really a good deal, only if you don't want more than 1 or 2 guns, time wise better of in the first way, ok, you wait 6 months for the sport shooter license but after that it will go a lot smoother,
Few, a long text to write, but Belgium is one of the harder places to get a gun, not that I mind the wait, because it helps to make sure a weapon can't fall into the wrong hands,
So to sum it up,
In my case it costs me:
-200€ a year for club and federation
-1 time cost of 20€ exam and 20€ doctor for every gun I own, so the more guns I own the cheaper it is
-1 time cost of 100,67€ for every time you order permits at the weapons office of the gouvernor, but that 100,67€ is not persay for 1 weapon, if I would ask permits for 2 or 3 or 10 weapons of more it still costs me 100,67€, so the more permits in one time , the cheaper it is
Hope it's a bit understandable to read, because it's quite a difficult process here, but it's not too bad, just the wait is a shame, hehe