Air rifles and the law?

[Grant]

As stated above, you need to abide by the following:

-You must have land owners written permission to shoot on said land. This even includes your parents or landlord, in the court of law.
-Any pellets must not travel across, or land in, property in which you do not have permission to shoot.
-You must not shoot, nor may any pellets come within 50ft of a public bridleway.
-Any land with public right of way (so footpaths or bridleways) is classed as a public area, and therefore may not be shot upon. Only private land may be used to shoot.
-It is illegal to carry a firearm (in your instance an air rifle) in a public place, unless it is cased and you are traveling to or from an organised shoot. (The interpretation of 'organised shoot' is very grey. This could to be to or from a club, or to and from your mates house, where you have permission to shoot.).
-It is not permitted for pellets to leave the muzzle of the rifle above 612ft/second for .22 rifles and 826ft/second for .177 rifles. Anything above this is classed as an illegal firearm.


In other words, don't dick about with an air rifle if you want to avoid jail

If it was me, I'd be asking where to send a written apology to, take a slap on the wrists and then let it all blow over and have a good nights sleep!