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Blackstuff wrote:

Sixshot6 wrote:

StangGT wrote:Could someone please clarify the UK legality of these? Do you need to be a member of the western shooting club or could anyone with a s1 shotgun slot buy one, with the barrel less than 24"?

Cheers

Are you referring to this gun I've started the thread with? Its a section one firearm. The 24 inch barrel limit as per the 1988 amendment act only affects and this is the big key here ONLY AFFECTS SGC shotguns and pumps and semis on FAC's. Any other shotguns on FACs such as single break barrels, double barrels, bolt actions or Lever actions or even anything that is none of those (who knows what people will come up in the future) are not restricted to a 24 inch barrel with OAL of 40 inches. the 12/24 or 30/60cm rule now applies like any other long gun. So long as your club has the facilities for shotgun including the use of slugs, you do not need to be a member of western shooting or IPSC or anything else. Just your club facilities are the key. Though you might get bored shooting on your lonesome and then decide to give IPSC a go. As its a modern design unlike the 1887 repro's you can't use it in western shooting. But open* Division practical shotgun is good to go.

*Standard Manual division - There is no minimum barrel length for IPSC matches whcih would put this gun into Open division (there is a maximum OAL restriction for Open and Modified though)

As said, you wouldn't need to tell the FLD about the specific shotgun when applying for the slot, you would just ask for a 12bore multishot shotgun slot (or lever-action multishot shotgun if your FLD insists on action type ). It would be getting your RFD to not wet their knickers when they saw the length of the barrel which would be the issue

Blackstuff wrote:Only on inspection at renewal potnetially. Even then i doubt most FEO's would even think to check/know what they were looking at.

However before you got to that you'd have had to have an RFD willing to import/sell you one, which is highly unlikely.

Plus the fear of a 5-10yr stretch at HM pleasure puts off most