hedgerowpete

i agree with the bit about FAC and SGC i understand that, but why is it i can buy a signal cannon from ebay, without requiring any form of paper work as its not a cannon and the one you have posted is requiring paper work as its a cannon? https://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/387199/victorian-signal-cannon/ this is sold now but was done so without the requirement of paper work as its not a cannon here is where i started and again all sold as not a cannon and not requiring a proof cert or paper work, its expected that will not hold pressure and would shatter and kill you if you tried to fire a cannon ball, but its still to me a cannon even though they are dsigned to use thunder flashes, does that mean there is no back fuse hole for them? https://www.castcannons.co.uk/

Went looking yesterday for a signal cannon, you see those small cast ones for sale every so often. They use thunder flashes not black powder. I dont understand the legal definition of them though. whats the descriptive definition of a cannon ( as in pirates and big balls of iron and boom) and a signal cannon, ( small boom and no balls) pirates optional? From reading the fire arms act, to me if its a certian size its a shotgun or a fire arm, A cannon is a tube with a big hole at one end and a small fuse hole at another, black powder and shot inside it, roughly speaking. where as a signal cannon is exactly the same, but you dont load it with shot, i realise that signal cannons are not designed to hold pressure and explode when you load them. but do you need to proof test a signal cannon and have it on your tickets or are they ticket free? What is there deffinitions and how do you tell them apart?