the accuracy will be the same but the bullet trajectory will be lessened

And aside from the accuracy, remember that there's a lower limit (50cm) below which shortening the barrel of a rifle is illegal in Ireland (there's gray area about buying one which is made with a sub-50cm barrel, but none at all about cutting down past that point).

If I was getting another 10-22 I'd go for the tactically. They're a very nice rifle!

davekangoo wrote: »

i was only thinking of bringing mine from a 22 down to 16 inch

You'd be breaking the law.
Cutting it down to 20 inches would be fine (the limit's 19.68 if you want to get technical), but below that and unless it's done for a repair and immediately rebuilt up past the limit by a registered firearms dealer, you're breaking section 12A of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 (inserted by section 65 of the 2006 act). If convicted, there's actually a minimum five-year sentence (but I think they'd use sub-section 11 to avoid giving that).

rowa wrote: »

I was looking at the ruger 10/22 tactical and it has a very short barrel , i would be surprised if it is 50cm.

Yup. There are quite a few licenced firearms under the 50cm limit for rifles and the 61cm limit for shotguns; but if you have a licence for it, you can argue in court that you were issued the licence for it at that length and that constitutes lawful authority to have a firearm that short.

However, to the best of my knowledge, nobody has done this yet so we don't know if it will be accepted. It could go either way (we know of licences which were issued for firearms you cannot legally own in the EU; therefore it's possible to issue a licence which is null and void, leaving the applicant in legal limbo).

In other words, if you get done for having a licenced rifle that's shorter than the legal limit, don't tell them I said it was okay, cos that's not what I'm saying


When you shorten a barrel though, you don't even have that fig leaf to hide behind. Your licence was issued for the longer barrel length, you've materially altered your firearm and broken the Firearms Act in the process. Completely different kettle of fish.

Can a .22lr be shortened? I have a cz 452 and was thinking of getting it done as its quite long when the mod is added.. Can anyone recommend a dealer in tipp area to deal with? Paul o halloran or stakelums etc??

Lets say you get pulled up over the length of the barrel on your rifle and lets say its 16", whose to say you didn't buy it that way?

it's still your responsibility to know the law

Fair enough Sparks but then should the laws be amended to acommadate for all the new rimfires available with 16" barrels?

All those acronyms make my brain melt:rolleyes:

Yes 2- I'll hold my hands up. Its this goddamn acronym world we live in.:o

I got the barrel on my cz 17hmr shortened to 16 inch its a much nicer gun to shoot now specially when the mod is on it any machine shop will do it
but most wont strip and rebuild it but its pretty easy to do yourself and there is no difference in accuracy

rowa wrote: »

Be extremely careful dropping a firearm or a part of a firearm into any machine shop without knowing them or researching them ,i went for an interview for a job in a engineering workshop once and it turned out the owner had just been released under the good friday agreement for making mortar tubes for the " irish rifle association" :eek:.

Never leave your firearm with anyone unless they have a firearms dealers licence.