decommissioned weapons

paul o

hello all,

im new here and must say that you have a great resource established, i know that alot of questions are repeated on here but the shere size of the site makes it impossible to read everything ... so go easy on me if this has been asked before

is it legal to own a decomissioned weapon in ireland or do they fall under the firearms act etc?? im interested in getting one as a wall piece

rgds
paulo

theirishguy

i'm pretty sure you still need a licence

iceage

Letter or permission from your local Superintendant or Inspector required. He'll probably want to meet you and inspect said piece.

diverdriver

Ask in the shooting forum. I'm sure it came up once or twice. As an alternative an airsoft replica looks pretty real, don't require any interaction with your local Gardai and as I'm finding out, great fun for a bit of target practice in the garden.

It wasn't me!

From hearing it over on the shooting forum, I understand that you'll need a letter of authorisation from your local superintendent and they'll need to satisfy themselves as to its deactivation.

cushtac

It wasn't me! wrote: »

From hearing it over on the shooting forum, I understand that you'll need a letter of authorisation from your local superintendent and they'll need to satisfy themselves as to its deactivation.

Correct, the weapon would have to be surrendered to the Gardaí for examination to determine if it was deactivated.

Manic Moran

Would it not be the Militaria forum? (Under Rec, Collectibles and Antiques)

NTM