To obtain a rifle or rifles for target shooting you must join a Home Office approved shooting club. There are other categories such as the collecting of historically significant firearms but I won't go into that here. You must have what the Police call 'good reason' to own that particular rifle and this can be for either target shooting or pest control/deer stalking. To own a rifle in the UK you need a Firearm Certificate, usually known as an FAC (or simply a 'ticket' by shooters).
