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Pellot Guns

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  • 29-07-2017 12:50pm
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    Calo_Monto
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    Are pellot guns illegal or legal without a license in 2017?


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    D3V!L
    Registered Users Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    I think pellet guns are


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    Calo_Monto
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Calo_Monto


    D3V!L wrote: »
    I think pellet guns are

    Illegal or legal?


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    MysticMonk
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 903 ✭✭✭MysticMonk


    You need a firearms certificate for a "pellot" gun,yes.


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    Calo_Monto
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Calo_Monto


    MysticMonk wrote: »
    You need a firearms certificate for a "pellot" gun,yes.

    Is it every pellot gun or just a certain rate


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    shopper2011
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭shopper2011


    The place to ask this is the Gardai, why not send them an email. Further more if you have to get a licience, why not just get a .22?


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    shopper2011
    Registered Users Posts: 86 ✭✭shopper2011


    I think pellots are classed as air rifles.

    The place to ask this is the Gardai, why not send them an email. Further more if you have to get a licience, why not just get a .22?


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    MysticMonk
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 903 ✭✭✭MysticMonk


    shopper2011 wrote:
    The place to ask this is the Gardai, why not send them an email. Further more if you have to get a licience, why not just get a .22?


    Why bother? By law anything above 1 joule is no longer considered an Airsoft toy and requires a firearms certificate. This includes the break-open pellet guns and pistols in calibres .17 or .22 that some people have lying in sheds and attics for years.


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    Sparks
    Registered Users Posts: 40,038 ✭✭✭✭Sparks


    Closing this due to us being spammed by a re-regging troll.

    But for the record in case a journalist is looking for a silly season story, any air-powered "yoke" with a muzzle energy of less than one joule is not legally a firearm and can be legally bought and sold like any other commodity in Ireland, as it can be anywhere in Europe or indeed in almost any other country in the world. Anything over one joule and it's a firearm and requires a licence like any other firearm and you can see the details on that in the big red sticky thread at the top of the main forum page.


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