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Posted by Trevor Jones on August 11, 2006, 9:19 pm
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kim wrote:
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>>Bob Unitt wrote:
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>>>Splitting hairs I know, but is it actually a 'firearm' if no actual fire
>>>is involved in propelling the projectile ?
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>>>Archery begs the same question - if you want to annoy an archer, suggest
>>>that he 'fires' his bow instead of 'shooting' it...
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>> This reply is late on the topic, as I was going through the messages
>>and just caught this one..
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>> If you want to split hairs, it's worth realising that until very
>>recently any airgun propulsion using other than compressed air got
>>classed as a firearm and required a Fire Arms Certificate.
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> Splitting hairs even further, they are actually powered by a mechanical
> spring :o)
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> (kim)
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Pardon?
Your ignorance is showing! Perhaps you might tuck it in.
Just the spring piston airguns.
This discounts the millions of CO2 powered airguns, the relatively few
rubber band powered airguns, the single stroke and multi pump pneumatic
airguns, and the quite common precharged pneumatic airguns. And it
discounts all the variations of the aforementioned themes, and the
sources of propellant gasses other than compressed air, such as CO2,
helium, nitrogen, the so called GreenGas used by the airsoft guys, as
well as some of the flammables like propane, as used by at least one
paintball gun.
The ones referred to, though, in the recently changed Brit laws were
able to be charged with compressed air (google for "Pre Charged
Pneumatic airguns". If one were to charge the same airgun with CO2,
nitrogen, or helium, and tune them to the exact same power outputs, they
were considered a firearm and required a FAC. As a result of that little
turn of phrase, there were a couple manufacturers whose products, little
more than toys, really, could only be owned in England by those in
possession of the appropriate firearms licences. Specifically, these
were the lines of the Crosman and Daisy companies, as well as others,
whose only fault was that they were designed to utilise CO2 as the
propellant.
So stick with the program. We were discussing airguns.
They are not all powered by a mechanical spring.
Cheers
Trevor Jones
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