Thread: Useing the firearms register

Originally Posted by Coop

It's super easy. Just log in on the Realme page and go to settings. Option to change password is right there.
Realme also uses 2FA which is good and recommended to set up if you haven't already.

.....but then again....why engage until you need (are forced) to?

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Five years from inception of the register in June 2023 unless a triggering event occurs prior
For ammunition it's 2 years from inception as they haven't built the system for that yet I'm guessing.

Cool thanks Will worry about in April / May 28 then

Thanks Coop, that was easy. Don’t know why I couldn’t find it the other day. Even more perplexing is when you use their help there’s nothing there.
Probably because it’s so straightforward they didn’t expect some dumbarse to ask

Sorry if this has been covered but 41 pages was a bit much to read through.

Can we see what rifles are actually registered to us? All I can see is a pdf of my submission, how can we check if they are transferred to someone else if we sell them, the website says we must ring them and let them know.
But is there a paper trail etc for us to prove we actually did this. And can we see it is no longer in our name?

Originally Posted by rusl

Sorry if this has been covered but 41 pages was a bit much to read through.

Can we see what rifles are actually registered to us? All I can see is a pdf of my submission, how can we check if they are transferred to someone else if we sell them, the website says we must ring them and let them know.
But is there a paper trail etc for us to prove we actually did this. And can we see it is no longer in our name?

Yes but you have to become verified on RealMe which involves taking a from to the Police station and then waiting for them to process it. However when selling or transferring a rifle it Has to be done on the phone.

How dare I spend time in the Uk - now I have the good grace to need to cough up GBP55 Pounds for a UK Police record...
It costs £55 to get the certificate. ($114.21 at time of writing )
It may take up to 20 working days to receive a certificate.
Good luck on getting that Cert into my application within 2 months...


What are the delivery options?

Delivery by first class post or standard airmail is included in the application fee. International tracked delivery is available for overseas addresses at an additional cost of £9.
International Courier delivery will cost £48 per application. It is not available for UK addresses or PO Boxes (except for the United Arab Emirates and the Cayman Islands). ACRO use CitySprint to deliver certificates



We're not a liked bunch are we??

@Nasty Factory Trigger - be glad you didn't live in South Africa. The local NZ police station needed to break out an actual ink pad fingerprint kit for me - something they had not done for a while. That form needed to be filled out, signed and witnessed, and sent to South Africa by courier. Still, despite that, it was cheaper than your UK experience! Fun times!

Just registered my guns. That was painful.

When filling out your licence details, your name has to be exactly the same as on your FAL (i.e. capital letters). I missed that and had to phone them. After being on hold for a good while, nice lady said it was a common problem and the form should be made to default to capitals. Also, don't use autocomplete on the forms and make sure there are no spaces after your names.

Gun registration was a headache. To my mind, it suggests that use of the Firearm Reference Table ID is optional. It is not! Put some details in to the form (e.g. manufacturer; calibre) and then hit the search button to find your gun. Some pitfalls, it looks like a fairly comprehensive list, but it is not.

That's an hour of my life I won't get back, but it's done.

I did mine over the phone. Easy.

Haha. No. I got some nice young lady who was very paitent while I pulled my firearms out of the safe one by one and gave her the details.

Sorry if this has been covered a million times...whats the deal if an unreged person sells their rifle do you have to reg it first or does just the new owner have to reg it?

Originally Posted by blip

Sorry if this has been covered a million times...whats the deal if an unreged person sells their rifle do you have to reg it first or does just the new owner have to reg it?

I just copied this from the arms site mate

The first time you sell or supply an arms item, you must record it in the Registry and provide the following details at the time of the sale or supply, or immediately after: the date you handed over or dispatched the arms item, and. the name and licence number of the person to whom the item was delivered.

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Cool thank you

Just going through the process now as have just moved. Had to go through that RealMe identification thing which was bad enough let alone the registering part.

Sorry if this has been covered but tried to register on my phone, and have spoken to them on the phone but they can’t tell me what to do with my blaser r93s.

They say for switch barrels register the calibre that is on the gun at the time, but the serial numbers are on each barrel rather than the rifle. The kicker is my custom barrel doesn’t have a serial number on it, but the factory ones do.

Thoughts on what to do? Worried if I register the barrel and I get pulled up with a different barrel they won’t be happy.

Or do I register each barrel as its own firearm?