Normal pistols to me would be revolvers and semi-automatic
pistols. These are not permitted to ordinary firearms licence holders
in UK, in the metallic cartridge form, since the handgun ban. These are
now prohibited weapons.
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Smith and Wesson 686.
Not permitted
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Not permitted
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Hammerli .22 target pistol
Not permitted.
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Ruger Old Army, pretty normal looking.
This one IS permitted because it is a muzzle loader.
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The Patriot is a normal looking pistol
This one IS permitted because it is a muzzle loader.
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Pistols which are permitted are: i) those which are airguns of
power/muzzle energy less than 6 ft lbs.
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ii) Long Pistols, cartridge
loaded pistols can still be held on a Firearms Certificate for target
shooting, provided that
they have a barrel
at least 300mm long and a total overall length exceeding 600mm. e.g. top picture Browning
Buckmark .22 Long Pistol from Alan Westlake.
The lower pistol is a WESTLAKE .38 SPL. LONG PISTOL CONVERSION.
for more details see Westlake Site
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These are the antiques up to about the end of the American Civil War
before the introduction of the cartridge loading pistol. They include
the service
revolvers and the duelling pistols, the flintlocks etc. and the modern
replicas which are made to the original pattern. Plus the Ruger Old Army
and the Patriot which are recently designed muzzle loaders. |
The Ruger Old Army is not a copy of any pistol from the past in spite
of the name. It has incorporated modern ideas into the mechanism like
coil springs which make the operation smoother.
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