I also liked your story but am amazed the powers that be let you own 24 rifles in Britain,
Unless you have a dealers cert. the chief constable where you live is a relative or you live in a castle and have a title.
Know the prime minister or somebody who lives in that big house at the end of the Mall?

When I lived in Britain forty years ago you had to have a legit-able reason for owning a firearm.
Such as belonging to a recognized shooting club to shoot at targets and your licence stated that the rifle was to be used only for target shooting.
From memory I think your licence lasted for three years and then it had to renewed for another three years at what I thought was an exorbitant cost and your security inspected again
To hunt with a rifle you had to have permission to shoot by the owner of the land where you wanted to shoot.
I used to shoot rabbits on a friends hundred acre farm with my 22R/F and 22 Hornet, before I could shoot there the Police actually went to talk to the owner and inspect the land to see if it was safe to shoot there.
This was then put onto your licence that you had permission from the Police to use this rifle for hunting.
To get a licence for a pistol when it was legal to own a pistol in Britain you had to belong to a pistol club for six months using club pistols and the club secretary would then inform the Police that you were ok to shoot a pistol and were a good guy.
From memory I think the same applied to rifles.
I also used to hunt deer else where and my 7X57 Mauser had to be certified to be used for hunting.
Firearms also had to be stored in a steel safe screwed to the wall and floor and the Police would come around to your house to check your security was ok and I'm pretty sure you had to have a burglar alarm fitted as well to get a licence.
I have no knowledge if a firearm could be stored in a club house but I very much doubt it.

No the club secretary would take it home or a committee member if licensed to him but owned by the club.

This was a great story to read this morning. I chuckled a lot and can relate to some of it!

Shootist - sure hope you gifted Robbie with a couple of liter bottles of fine Glenfiddich India Pale Ale Cask Finish or Glenmorangie Bacalta for being an excellent guide