Greetings !!
My name is Johnny and I live in Sweden, in the south-west area, just by the Atlantic coastline. I have been into shooting most of my life, starting when my father brought home a Daisy 840 BB-gun back in 1981. I really enjoy shooting airguns but I have also got myself some firearms too.
Here in Sweden you are allowed to own 4 different rifles on your basic FAC (FireArms Certificate, a gunpermit) but in order to get the FAC one must first obtain a shooters exam, a course in firearms and hunting, similar in concept to the education needed for a drivers license.
This education is 60 hours long, most common is that one attend 3 hour lessons one evening every week for 20 weeks before one is ready to try the tests. There are both a written teoretical test of laws, different animals, firearms, safety and then there is a day at the shooting range to test marksmanship and safe gunhandling. The fee for this education with all litterature and the tests are about $300. The exam is valid for life.
With an exam finished one just have to apply for the permit, a $100 fee. Each rifle will then set you back with additional $35. To be granded the permit one also have to show a clean criminal record from the Police, a medical check for no mental illness from a doctor and be at least 18 years of age. All firearms will also require a gunsafe, from $500 and up.
The basic exam allows four rifles but you can have an additional 2 rifles if you can prove a good cause for this. The basic exam is not valid for "dangerous weapons" such as shotguns or powerful centerfire rifles - theise kind of firearms require more education and more different tests due to their nature.
I settled for the basic exam and I can now own 4 rifles, except Class I Firearm or shotguns, besides the .410 bore. A Class I Firearm is anything that can generate more then 2000 joule so my rifles are limited to rifles with a powerlevel about 30-30 or .243.
All rifles are allowed, except military rifles (assault rifles), the Mini-14 is allowed but not the AR-series, maglimit is 5 rounds (+1 in chamber). Pumpactions or leverguns are rare and seen as odd, boltactions are most common, popular choices are Tikka or SAKO besides Husqvarna and the german brands (Blaser, Merkel, Sauer), US made rifles are not common, except for Rem 700 and Win 70, that have a good reputation.
Besides what said above, I like US rifles and are attracted to odd rifles, so my choices are NOT typical for an average swedish hunter. The first rifle I got was the 1022 - just because I have always loved them.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/airgunse/RugerPigeon2.jpg
This is my 1022 but with the old 4x28 RF Leupold that I now have traded for a 3-9x33 EFR.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/airgunse/HRnottakedown.jpg
Here is my 1980 Harrington & Richardson in 22 Hornet together with a .177 Weihrauch HW/25 pelletrifle.
Besides theise rifles I have also two other rifles on order with permit pending, one used late production Winchester 94 in 44 mag and one brand new Taurus M/62 pumpaction 22LR.
I have also got a firearms rated pelletgun, a PCP from BSA, model Ultra:
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/airgunse/Ultraduva.jpg
Yes, I do like to shoot pigeons and they are everywere here....
At close range or indoors inside barns I shoot them with airguns, at ranges 50-100 yards I use rimfires and from 100 yards to about 150 I use the Hornet.
Now I have also got a lot of roedeers on my property, feeding on my fruitgarden, hence the 44 Mag Winchester..
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/airgunse/sidebild2.jpg
Just 30 yards away, inside my fruitgarden...
Another pest is hares, here are a few of them, they tend to stay about 130-200 yards away...
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/airgunse/Harar1.jpg
Well, thats about everything I could think about in my presentation, thank you for your time and please feel free to ask anything about hunting or firearms in Sweden..
My name is Johnny and I live in Sweden, in the south-west area, just by the Atlantic coastline. I have been into shooting most of my life, starting when my father brought home a Daisy 840 BB-gun back in 1981. I really enjoy shooting airguns but I have also got myself some firearms too.
Here in Sweden you are allowed to own 4 different rifles on your basic FAC (FireArms Certificate, a gunpermit) but in order to get the FAC one must first obtain a shooters exam, a course in firearms and hunting, similar in concept to the education needed for a drivers license.
This education is 60 hours long, most common is that one attend 3 hour lessons one evening every week for 20 weeks before one is ready to try the tests. There are both a written teoretical test of laws, different animals, firearms, safety and then there is a day at the shooting range to test marksmanship and safe gunhandling. The fee for this education with all litterature and the tests are about $300. The exam is valid for life.
With an exam finished one just have to apply for the permit, a $100 fee. Each rifle will then set you back with additional $35. To be granded the permit one also have to show a clean criminal record from the Police, a medical check for no mental illness from a doctor and be at least 18 years of age. All firearms will also require a gunsafe, from $500 and up.
The basic exam allows four rifles but you can have an additional 2 rifles if you can prove a good cause for this. The basic exam is not valid for "dangerous weapons" such as shotguns or powerful centerfire rifles - theise kind of firearms require more education and more different tests due to their nature.
I settled for the basic exam and I can now own 4 rifles, except Class I Firearm or shotguns, besides the .410 bore. A Class I Firearm is anything that can generate more then 2000 joule so my rifles are limited to rifles with a powerlevel about 30-30 or .243.
All rifles are allowed, except military rifles (assault rifles), the Mini-14 is allowed but not the AR-series, maglimit is 5 rounds (+1 in chamber). Pumpactions or leverguns are rare and seen as odd, boltactions are most common, popular choices are Tikka or SAKO besides Husqvarna and the german brands (Blaser, Merkel, Sauer), US made rifles are not common, except for Rem 700 and Win 70, that have a good reputation.
Besides what said above, I like US rifles and are attracted to odd rifles, so my choices are NOT typical for an average swedish hunter. The first rifle I got was the 1022 - just because I have always loved them.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/airgunse/RugerPigeon2.jpg
This is my 1022 but with the old 4x28 RF Leupold that I now have traded for a 3-9x33 EFR.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/airgunse/HRnottakedown.jpg
Here is my 1980 Harrington & Richardson in 22 Hornet together with a .177 Weihrauch HW/25 pelletrifle.
Besides theise rifles I have also two other rifles on order with permit pending, one used late production Winchester 94 in 44 mag and one brand new Taurus M/62 pumpaction 22LR.
I have also got a firearms rated pelletgun, a PCP from BSA, model Ultra:
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/airgunse/Ultraduva.jpg
Yes, I do like to shoot pigeons and they are everywere here....
At close range or indoors inside barns I shoot them with airguns, at ranges 50-100 yards I use rimfires and from 100 yards to about 150 I use the Hornet.
Now I have also got a lot of roedeers on my property, feeding on my fruitgarden, hence the 44 Mag Winchester..
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/airgunse/sidebild2.jpg
Just 30 yards away, inside my fruitgarden...
Another pest is hares, here are a few of them, they tend to stay about 130-200 yards away...
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/airgunse/Harar1.jpg
Well, thats about everything I could think about in my presentation, thank you for your time and please feel free to ask anything about hunting or firearms in Sweden..