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Ovenpaa wrote:An individual is required to advise their licencing department of the acquisition or disposal of all firearms, luckily an RFD does not have to unless it goes to a FAC/SGC holder.

Not in the case of borrowing a club gun and using on club business (for instance, taking to an open competition at another club or range), as long as you are a full club member. The borrower doesn't even need an FAC.

Mattnall wrote:

Ovenpaa wrote:An individual is required to advise their licencing department of the acquisition or disposal of all firearms, luckily an RFD does not have to unless it goes to a FAC/SGC holder.

Not in the case of borrowing a club gun and using on club business (for instance, taking to an open competition at another club or range), as long as you are a full club member. The borrower doesn't even need an FAC.

While you are correct in general on borrowing a club gun on club business, the example you quote is one of the difficult areas. If a club member is going to shoot in an open competition as an individual, it is arguable that he is not "enagaged as a member of the club". There are administrative ways around this; to get round this point the NRA makes everyone entering an NRA Open competition who isn't already a member a temporary member of the NRA, which also makes every competitor subject to NRA rules and insured under the NRA.