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  • 26-08-2008 7:11pm
    #1
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭


    hey guys i figured if anyone on boards would know about sending/receiving guns in the post it'd be ye.

    ok, so ive been gifted with a lovely air rifle, but its in Edinburgh and i need to get it home to Ireland. clearly i cant take it through the airport and I wont be able to get the ferry. so.. can i post it? will it go through or be siezed? and if siezed, will i get it in the end anyway?

    what if i take it to a few pieces and send them individually?

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  • #2
    Hivemind187
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Hivemind187


    mawk wrote: »
    hey guys i figured if anyone on boards would know about sending/receiving guns in the post it'd be ye.

    ok, so ive been gifted with a lovely air rifle, but its in Edinburgh and i need to get it home to Ireland. clearly i cant take it through the airport and I wont be able to get the ferry. so.. can i post it? will it go through or be siezed? and if siezed, will i get it in the end anyway?

    what if i take it to a few pieces and send them individually?

    ?attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=119de76f8f64532a

    Sorry mate but we dont do air rilfes. Best to ask in the shooting forum. You'll likely need a license for it too.

    Airsoft is a completely different thing operating with a far lower muzzle energy (which is the key to the definition of a firearm).


  • #3
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,606 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    An air rifle is a firearm in Ireland and you'll have to have it licensed. Ask about it over on the shooting forum, as this place is strictly airsoft only.


  • #4
    kdouglas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kdouglas


    If it's an air rifle, you'll have to register it as a firearm in this country and obtain a firearms licence along with the associated documentation required to import it, the lads in the shooting forum will know more about this.

    If it's an airsoft gun and firing under 1 Joule of power (328fps with a 0.2g BB) then it is legal to own and use over here, posting it over shouldn't cause any problems and if it did get seized, once it was confirmed to be under 1 Joule you would get it back.


    Edit: Beaten to it by both Hive and o1s1n :)


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