Mr Tacfoley,
What I did was apply for a variation on my ticket for 1 9mm and 1 .45 pistol (pre 1919). Then I visited a gunsmith in Birmingham who had a 1916 luger, looked in 'gunmart' magazine which carry one or two section 7 dealer adverts. i finally bought the 1918 P08 from the section 7 dealer who also owns the shooting centre I am a member of.
The club I am a member of is in Leicester, in the Midlands.
No idea how many clubs there are in the U.K with section 7 but I've seen a few advertising the fact.
Shooting is supervised like any club shooting, i.e 1 range officer controlling the firing point for safety reasons.
The ammo is a strange situation. I am authorised to hold ammo of several calibres which I can keep legally at home. However, the ammo which is to be used in my 9mm section 7 luger has to be stored at the range. So, I can hold 9mm ammo at home for my 9mm carbine, but not for my 9mm luger! The ammo is bought out to me at the same time as the pistol.
The only pistols that are allowed to be stored at home are section 7 (1). These are pistols which use 'obsolete' calibres. Any pistol chambered for 'readily available' calibres, eg 9mm, .45acp, .38 special etc. is placed into section 7 (3) and has to be stored at an home office approved section 7 club.
Hope this explains it all to you.
Dwight,
Thanks for the info and link on the chamber markings. Very interesting.
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