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How do you go about checking it ? I am currently looking to post in classifieds for some of my replicas that I do not use ( impulse buys ... we have all done that, haven't we). I cannot find on the UKARA website where to check.
Sorry if the topic has been answered, I have looked to several threads where it advises to check with the retailers who have access but I do not really know the retailers.
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im just curious about the comment which states that if a gun is by type or design pre dating 1870 that anyone is allowed to buy a rif from that period well like the gentleman said the first revolvers that used metal cartridges were in full production in 1855 this refers to the smith & wesson model 1 revolver thing is the gent who held the patent on it originally worked for one s. colt and showed him his new design as well as a colt 1851 he had made the changes to colt turned him down flat thats why production went to smith & wesson thing is when i asked about buying a single action colt airsoft pistol i was told i needed the ukara because they were made in 1873 which confused me as it dosnt say they had to be in production by 1870 it says they only need to be by type or design the original patent says that the revolver was loaded by a board through cylinder and loaded from the rear with a metal self contain cartridge and that all single action revolvers that fire metal cartridges work this way so by definition i should be able to buy any pistol like a colt saa a schofield or remmington even though they did not go into production till after 1870 so how come the sale of such airsoft pistols to people who dont hold the ukara are not allowed sorry about the rant
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We don't know what was in the mind of the person that wrote '"modern firearm” means any firearm other than one the appearance of which would tend to identify it as having a design and mechanism of a sort first dating from before the year 1870.'
They doubtless had some distinctive feature in mind that they think only appeared in 1870 and not before then. It might very well be metal cartridges, or some other thing that they're wrong about.
You can. Nothing is stopping you buying.
This is an issue for sellers - they're the one committing an offence. I emphasise this because you'll have to ask them. I'd expect that it's nothing beyond erring on the side of caution, given the vagueness of the offence and interpretation.
Decent rant though, 8/10, big bonus for the lack of paragraphs or periods. ?
They doubtless had some distinctive feature in mind that they think only appeared in 1870 and not before then. It might very well be metal cartridges, or some other thing that they're wrong about.
You can. Nothing is stopping you buying.
This is an issue for sellers - they're the one committing an offence. I emphasise this because you'll have to ask them. I'd expect that it's nothing beyond erring on the side of caution, given the vagueness of the offence and interpretation.
Decent rant though, 8/10, big bonus for the lack of paragraphs or periods. ?
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1870 as a date may have some context from that being the time that firearms licencing began in the UK, as well as it being a time that general design was changing - which means there are those that look ‘modern’ and precede 1870, but also those that look ‘historic’ and were still developed after 1870
Its self preservation by the seller to require a VCRA defence, which does not necessarily have to be UKARA
As long as you are an adult you can buy any airsoft gun - but they may only sell in bright colours
Its self preservation by the seller to require a VCRA defence, which does not necessarily have to be UKARA
As long as you are an adult you can buy any airsoft gun - but they may only sell in bright colours
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1870 was the date that a license was required to carry a firearm outside of the home. Earlier vagrancy acts covered firearms too, as far back as the 1820s.
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