Re: blasting smallish tunnels in hard rock

On 27/03/2024 20:45, Richard Smith wrote:

Thanks Peter for explaining all this to our across-the-Atlantic cousins.
Very much more restrictive here.
It is so normal to go up to the counter at the club and buy a box of
rounds for your host's handgun you are going to have a go with - in the
sense of being repectful of your host's hospitality - normal in the US.
Not here.  No part of any of it is permitted.
 Black powder licence to have typically a kilo provided you are a member
of a registered firearms club and have a firearms licence is fairly
readily had I gather.

Yes, an explosives license for BP is almost automatically issued if you have a certificate for a BP proofed firearm, and free in most Police areas.
Smoothbore firearms are technically shotguns; it's easier to get a shotgun certificate than a firearm certificate for a rifled firearm, and a shotgun certificate covers all the guns you happen to have, unlike a full firearms certificate which names each gun.
For pyrodex or smokeless powder you just need a firearms certificate.
Peter Fairbrother