Percussion guns

[wadingin]

Do I need a licence for a percussion gun if I want to keep it as part of a collection .Regards Wadingin

[Scully]

As I understand it,if it's an antique or of an obsolete calibre,then no.If neither of these two criteria apply,then I think it will need to be on certificate.Ask your shooting org' for the definitive answer.

[Floating Chamber]

If you are going to shoot it...yes.

[wadingin]

Will not being used for shooting just as part of a collection. Regards Wadingin

[guinty1]

Below has been taken from the home office guidance to police, This document can be viewed on line and also includes a list of specific calibres that benefit from antique status and those calibres that dont.

 

Part I: Old weapons which should

benefit from exemption as antiques

under section 58 (2) of the Firearms

Act 1968

8.5 Pre-1939 weapons to benefit from

exemption as antiques are as follows:

a) All muzzle-loading firearms;

B) Breech-loading firearms capable of

discharging a rimfire cartridge other than

4mm, 5mm, .22 inch or .23 inch (or their

metric equivalents), 6mm or 9mm rimfire;

c) Breech-loading firearms using ignition

systems other than rimfire and centrefire

(These include pin-fire and needle-fire

ignition systems, as well as the more

obscure lip fire, cup-primed, teat fire

and base fire systems);

 

d) Breech-loading centrefire arms originally

chambered for one of the obsolete

cartridges listed in Appendix 5 and which

retain their original chambering;

e) Shot guns and punt guns chambered for

the following cartridges (expressed in

imperial measurements): 32 bore, 24 bore,

14 bore, 10 bore (25/8 and 27/8 inch only),

8 bore, 4 bore, 3 bore, 2 bore, 11/8 bore,

11/4 bore and 11/2 bore, and vintage punt

guns and shot guns with bores greater than

10. It also includes vintage (pre-1939) rifles

in these bores.

[jamiedenny]

that is interesting, so I assume the display of any firearms that fit the criteria also do not have to be hidden away but can be displayed ?.

SWMBO isn't going to like this new revelation :-)

[Vince Green]

Just to be a totally pedandantic ***, there is one little worrying grey area. Because they are valuable a lot of antique guns have had invisible repairs. If that invisible repair converts a non shootable gun into a shootable gun despite its age it is classed as modern. In reality who is going to know and how do you define shootable? but I thought I would just mention it because I am, as I said, a sad pedantic little *** but after what happened to Mick Shepherd you can't be too careful.

[Mikaveli]

Just to be a totally pedandantic ***, there is one little worrying grey area. Because they are valuable a lot of antique guns have had invisible repairs. If that invisible repair converts a non shootable gun into a shootable gun despite its age it is classed as modern. In reality who is going to know and how do you define shootable? but I thought I would just mention it because I am, as I said, a sad pedantic little *** but after what happened to Mick Shepherd you can't be too careful.

 

Antique guns are allowed to be in working order / shootable.

 

But, as others have said, if you want to shoot your antique gun, you need it on your FAC.

 

Attempting to fire an unlicenced gun is a very serious offence.