NEWS
Drapers hit by snow… fl akes
Fake letter prank F
D
rapers Airgun Centre has been accused of glamorising guns. The famous retailer, which has been trading in Nottingham since 1975, has become the target of what can only be described as a snowfl ake twitter campaign – which was picked up and reported on by BBC East Midlands. Kieron Thompson, a youth
ears that gun licence databases had been breached have been put to rest by BASC. News broke of the fake letter on social media, causing outrage from the shooting community that licensing information had been made public. However, BASC has since been contacted by the recipient of the bogus police letter and it has been discovered that the letter was sent by a family member as a prank. The police have been made aware. BASC would like to make it clear that the recipient’s details were known to the author of the letter. No databases have been breached, and advises members to remain vigilant to potential scam letters and to report any that appear suspicious. If you do receive a suspicious letter, you can always reach the BASC fi rearms department, details below.
BASC T 01244 573 010 W fi
rearms@basc.org.uk
Raytrade uses British supplies
Eley Hawk fully certifi ed
worker, told the BBC he was “worried” by it. “Young people seeing that might think they’re real guns and it’s glamourising it,” he added. Drapers, commenting to the BBC, said: “The themed window display is something new, fun and perfectly within the law... hopefully to keep our customers up to date with the latest products. “We have had many positive comments from the window display but it seems no matter what one displays in the window some people are always unhappy.” T&G understands that the incident was reported to Trading Standards who confi rmed there was nothing wrong.
48 | Tackle & Guns | June 2019
R
aytrade UK Ltd has commissioned Rochdale based Midwater Luggage to manufacture a number of new gun slips for its busy wholesale trade. Midwater Luggage will now create
three new slips for the Remington, Marlin and Barnes brands for Raytrade’s customer base. Having won awards across other industries for its luggage manufacture, Midwater Luggage has turned its attentions to the shooting trade and was looking for the perfect partner to extend their production capabilities. development at this time of year, however the requirement for slips and the quality of Midwater goods were such that I had to make an exception!”
E
ley Hawk has pushed its standards even higher after achieving certifi ed CIP standards for its entire ammunition range. David Thompson, Eley Hawk’s marketing manager, said: “Eley Hawk were happy to take this next step to demonstrate their abilities in producing cartridges to the high standards required by the discerning clay and game game shooter in the UK and abroad. “The process will not stop there and Eley Hawk has committed to the process of submitting further test batches in the future to maintain our approval and consumers can be confi dent that safety, quality and control are at the heart of what we do.”
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