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General => Chatter => Topic started by: Rotary-Motion on March 01, 2013, 08:53:27 AM
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hey all yous guys
anyone had any experience of gas air rifles? and more over derestricting the power to achieve more than 12 lbs standard pressure... ?
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firearms licence?
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I have had some experience with Air rifles, unless you have a section 1 permit DO NOT DO IT.
Its the same penalty as having an unlicensed fire arm. (think 7 years or so!)
Why do you need a more power than the standard?
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thx guys its not mine some one asked me about it i have no idea...
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All the legislation is on the net somewhere. Air rifle hunting and shooting forums.
An air rifle or pistol that has greater than a certain pressure, and certain projectile speed, needs a Fire arms license. From what I remember, trying to increase its power carrys the same penalty as increasing it, it is a fire arms offence.
You can buy over powered rifles, they are cheaper than fire arms, but still need the licence.
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An air rifle with a muzzle energy over 12 ft lbs or an air pistol over 6 ft lbs is called 'especially dangerous' and, as such, needs a section 1 firearms certificate (same as you would need for a .22 rimfire rifle, .223, .308 or such like)
Get caught with one without a certificate and you are in deep trouble and, to be fair, if you are going to the effort of obtaining a sect.1 certificate to do it legally, you may as well buy a proper rifle.
The difference between a sect. 1 and a shotgun certificate is that whereas the general presumption for a shotgun is that everyone is eligible to hold one and the police must prove reason why you should not, with a sect. 1 the general presumption is that nobody should be eligible and it is up to the applicant to prove why they should.
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thx jules