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What are the requirements to get section 5 authorisation on your FAC?

I'm just curious thats all

Granted by the Home Secretary. Bone fide business, with time. For sh1ts and giggles, no chance!

So what kind of bonafide business? Supply/import/repair?

I would have thought the import/supply side would be easily saturated as no one is allowed them bar police etc and they wont be buying every day. Just seems a bit strange there are quite a few people with section 5 authorisation so if they aint selling/supplying then how do they get it and for what purpose does the home secretary grant.
I'm probably missing something obvious here I think

I know that companies that develope and manufacture optics/body armour/bulletproof glass etc can get Sec5 authority for testing purposes.I think film armourers can as well.I think I heard somewhere that museums and historic collections can as well but may have dreamt that bit.

I think with optics manufacturers they need to test how the optics will cope with sustained semi/full auto recoil etc.

You don't have to sell only in the uk. Some sec5's import then export the gun

Just out of interest, are all section 5 authorities the same? i.e. if you're an RFD, can you one day decide you want to furnish maritime security with their semi-auto firearms and have various section 5 firearms in your vault?

There are various types of Sec 5, if you're selling handguns after converting them to 2 shot for humane despatch then you won't be allowed full auto stuff unless authorised, with an application that explains why you need to have.

Edgar Brothers supply a lot of the dealers here with handguns. I would assume sec 5 lets them sell handguns but not take them home and to the range etc.

ordnance wrote:Edgar Brothers supply a lot of the dealers here with handguns.

They sold the SiG MCX to the Met armed unit.

All the Heritage Pistol sites need a S5 auth (because the Heritage exemption, s 7.3 F(A)A 97, only applies to FAC holders so the pistols are S5 when not in the owners' hands).