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Air gun laws - world wide
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:49 pm
by Dangermouse
I decided to research what was available in Europe and found this Wikpedia page. The content may not be 100% accurate, but I thought that it was interesting.
Looks like Ovenpaa can get a what would be a UK Sec1 air rifle, over the counter in Denmark, that would do the rats no favours,
DM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_gun_laws
Re: Air gun laws - world wide
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:38 pm
by ovenpaa
I shot a PCP 'Air-rifle' in DK a couple of years ago, it shot 155 grain projectiles and the owner assured me it was good enough for fox to 300m. I only had a couple of shots with it and all I can say is WOW!
No licence required in DK...
Re: Air gun laws - world wide
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:21 pm
by Sandgroper
ovenpaa wrote:I shot a PCP 'Air-rifle' in DK a couple of years ago, it shot 155 grain projectiles and the owner assured me it was good enough for fox to 300m. I only had a couple of shots with it and all I can say is WOW!
No licence required in DK...
:-P ..... :shakeshout:
Re: Air gun laws - world wide
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:37 pm
by ovenpaa
I put a 155 grain bullet (Pellet?) through a 30mm plywood board at exactly 100m with this very rifle. How do I know it was 100m? erm.... Cos it said so on it
Re: Air gun laws - world wide
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:22 pm
by Porcupine
I had no idea there were so many restrictions elsewhere. I thought we were one of the only places in the world to have stupid airgun laws. Idiocy knows no national boundaries it seems.
Re: Air gun laws - world wide
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:52 pm
by Chuck
S1 type airguns are OTC in Turkland, 1500FPS from a .177. Springer. PCP, air whatever...oh and SLUG of any calibre and quantity is also OTC... :lol: :lol: :lol: it's not a scary thermonuclear round like the UK think it is.
I had a .22 springer that gave over 28ft/lbs (cost me £50 at the time) and a .177 that was even better with UK pellets!
Re: Air gun laws - world wide
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:08 pm
by ovenpaa
An update regarding air guns from a Danish forum I am on.
There has been continued "threats" to revise the firearms laws in DK, to restrict compressed air weapons/guns but it has not yet come into effect.
This in reality means that anything that shoots a projectile using compressed air is not a firearm ... Currently I'm working on an "Air-Cannon" that is supposed to shoot beer cans or fruit at suitable targets :mrgreen:
The laws governing hunting allows the use of airguns to shoot smaller game in DK. it's a slightly complex set of paragraphs, using both calibre, muzzle velocity and energy to determine which game a given weapon is legal for. Strangely the law does not specify the type of air-weapon, so theoretically an air-pistol powerful enough would be legal.. otherwise "short guns" are very strictly a "no go" in hunting i DK. another strange thing is that silencers are only illegal on "firearms" not on airguns...
So a 35ft/lb air rifle can be held without any form of licence....
Re: Air gun laws - world wide
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:18 pm
by Chuck
YIP!
:lol:
Re: Air gun laws - world wide
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:45 pm
by ronboy
Hi ovenpaa dont forget to drink the contents of the beer can before firing. I can just remember years ago reading of an Austrian army unit having repeating air rifles that could be lethal to humans at 100 yds, I think in the 1700s. The gun had compressed air in the butt and a tubular magazine under the barrel. It was pumped up to pressure by a long thin pump.
Re: Air gun laws - world wide
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 5:30 pm
by Sandgroper
ronboy wrote:Hi ovenpaa dont forget to drink the contents of the beer can before firing. I can just remember years ago reading of an Austrian army unit having repeating air rifles that could be lethal to humans at 100 yds, I think in the 1700s. The gun had compressed air in the butt and a tubular magazine under the barrel. It was pumped up to pressure by a long thin pump.
The Girandoni
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girandoni_Air_Rifle
Lewis and Clark are believed to have carried one on their 1804 expedition across America.
:lol: