marklestrange
Bearcat
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2012
- Messages
- 2
Wow that does sound difficult ... we have to add the silencer in a 'slot' on the gun licence, but that is about it.
If it makes you feel better .22 is the largest 'semi-automatic' rifle (shotgun regs are different) one can buy in the UK and there is a complete blanket ban on all handguns, so much so even our Olympic team had to go abroad to train. Also whatever you pay for a gun and even gun accessories in the US you can about double it and add 10% to get the UK price :-(
I'd say we have pretty much total UK population agreement here though that guns are for hunting and there is no 'self-defence' of 'right to bare arms' lobby at all. You have to be without a criminal record, show you have land or landowners permission to shoot on land, have the police over to inspect secure storage for your guns and ammo and pay about $80 every five years for a licence. The gun homicide rate in the US is 40x higher as a %age of population than that of England and Wales so the arguments and concerns here are somewhat different. I'm not therefor saying in any way how you guys should run your country or your gun laws, I'm just saying things are different here.
But that difference will allow me to get a 12 inch (+) cut down barrel with an over barrel silencer fitted without having to get further permits or pay any fees
I have spent maybe 50 hours now researching the 10/22 TDR and looking at (cheep) mods and improvements I could make to get me the ultimate pack down rabbit gun, that I can carry in a motorcycle top box. I'm hungry to read other's experiences and projects with this model and this forum seems to be one of the best places to do that.
If it makes you feel better .22 is the largest 'semi-automatic' rifle (shotgun regs are different) one can buy in the UK and there is a complete blanket ban on all handguns, so much so even our Olympic team had to go abroad to train. Also whatever you pay for a gun and even gun accessories in the US you can about double it and add 10% to get the UK price :-(
I'd say we have pretty much total UK population agreement here though that guns are for hunting and there is no 'self-defence' of 'right to bare arms' lobby at all. You have to be without a criminal record, show you have land or landowners permission to shoot on land, have the police over to inspect secure storage for your guns and ammo and pay about $80 every five years for a licence. The gun homicide rate in the US is 40x higher as a %age of population than that of England and Wales so the arguments and concerns here are somewhat different. I'm not therefor saying in any way how you guys should run your country or your gun laws, I'm just saying things are different here.
But that difference will allow me to get a 12 inch (+) cut down barrel with an over barrel silencer fitted without having to get further permits or pay any fees
I have spent maybe 50 hours now researching the 10/22 TDR and looking at (cheep) mods and improvements I could make to get me the ultimate pack down rabbit gun, that I can carry in a motorcycle top box. I'm hungry to read other's experiences and projects with this model and this forum seems to be one of the best places to do that.
