Barnett Crossbow.

murph226

For sale Barnett Wildcat recurve crossbow, wooden stock, new limb and string.

PM for details

Sparks

...and please don't forget that it's a restricted firearm under Irish law...

rowa

why restricted and not simply a firearm ?

murph226

I dont know, its not as if its easily consealed

sharky0922

rowa wrote: »

why restricted and not simply a firearm ?

because is quiet

murph226

So is a normal bow, compound and recurve!

Sparks

It's just a legislative oversight. Crossbows were made firearms in the 1990 Firearms Act, and the restricted firearms list is a list of firearms that are not restricted. Crossbows aren't on that list (because noone was thinking about them at the time), hence they're restricted.

landkeeper

normal bows don't have the ability to stay cocked and be released with a trigger

murph226

Right, does anyone want to buy it after all that?

kildare.17hmr

any pics lad? was mad for 1 of them last yr but after doin some research i was told they defo wouldnt licence 1 in roi so couldnt get it shipped!

Hibrion

If you heard one going off you wouldn't think it was quite. They are classed as a firearm because they have a stock and a trigger. I believe they are restricted because it is hard to justify having one: you can't hunt with it and there re few places where you can target shoot with them.

Sparks

Hibrion, I'm fairly sure there wasn't any decision made to make them restricted; everyone was focussed on pistols and fullbores at the time. I think it was just that nobody made the case to the DoJ to make it unrestricted. That's the problem with the restricted list in its current form - someone has to make something unrestricted at the moment, instead of having to make something restricted.

mathepac

Hibrion wrote: »

... They are classed as a firearm because they have a stock and a trigger... .

From Dept of Justice - "Crossbows, spearguns and all airguns with a muzzle velocity of over one joule (including paintball markers) are legally considered firearms and have to be licensed."

Sparks

mathepac wrote: »

From Dept of Justice - "Crossbows, spearguns and all airguns with a muzzle velocity of over one joule (including paintball markers) are legally considered firearms and have to be licensed."

Comes from the 1990 Act mathepac.

Hibrion

Yet a bow of such power would not be considered a firearm. The stock and trigger equates to ease of use and the ability to hold a bolt in place, therefore they are categorized as a firearm. The power rating is necessary to distinguish between toys and something that can cause real damage.

I don't want to be pedantic about this anyway. I just thought I'd let everyone know what I heard from an RFD at the weekend. By sheer coincidence there was a very powerful crossbow in the shop that had been brought in, 150 pounds draw:eek:

PS Sorry Murph, didn't want to hijack your for sale thread or anything

ivanthehunter

sharky0922 wrote: »

because is quiet

Its restricted as it was an easy target as there is only 70 odd licenced crossbow out there.....

Sparks

That's not why they were restricted Ivan, noone went after crossbows. Noone thought of them at all, that was the problem.

murph226

Bump, still for sale!

Jacko123

how much ye lookin for it . .where ye from

murph226

Bump