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STOLEN AIR RIFLES: Leicester & District SR&PC Shooting Club

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:38 am
by richierich
The below was posted on AirArms FB page about an hour ago
https://www.facebook.com/39062258763722 ... permPage=1

Our friends over at Leicester & District SR & PC Shooting Club have sadly reported that they were broken into last Thursday. A total of 17 rimfire, 7 Air Pistols and 6 Air Rifles were stolen - with 5 of these being Air Arms:
Alpha pistol - 4471201205
S400 Superlite - 103505
S400 MPR - 068420
EV2 - 47869
TX200 - 95631.
We kindly ask that the ‪#‎airarms‬ Community keep a look out for any of the above rifles coming up for sale/ being used and inform the Police straight away.

Re: STOLEN AIR RIFLES: Leicester & District SR&PC Shooting C

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:28 pm
by maz
what . did they have any sort of security in place ?

Re: STOLEN AIR RIFLES: Leicester & District SR&PC Shooting C

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 4:16 pm
by Phil B
maz wrote:what . did they have any sort of security in place ?
Either very lax or very 'good' thieves if rim fires could disappear.

Re: STOLEN AIR RIFLES: Leicester & District SR&PC Shooting C

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:07 am
by Aitch
On the BBC news page Leicester region there is a photograph of a hole in a wall under the caption,
"Guns stolen through hole in wall at Leicester range." Sorry don't know how to do a link.

Re: STOLEN AIR RIFLES: Leicester & District SR&PC Shooting C

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:18 pm
by maz
Yes i saw the bbc report , it was also in the leicester mercury , looks to me like they did not have any electronic detection or communication and a normal breeze block wall

Re: STOLEN AIR RIFLES: Leicester & District SR&PC Shooting C

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 6:33 pm
by eboswan