HappyShooter wrote:

Thanks all. I'm in contact with 2 dealers at the moment trying to source a carbine and if they don't come up with something relatively soon I'll have a look abroad!

Happyshooter you have placed a idea in my head, did you get any joy on the carbine.

Wadi14 wrote:

I see a few on egun

Egun?

The GREAT thing about living, and shooting, in the Republic of Ireland is that you CAN have semi-auto centre fire rifles and carbines, unlike the poor b*ggers in UK who can't, since 1988.

Please, I beg you, take FULL advantage of this fact, and leave the straight-pull versions to those poor folk who are prohibited from having anything else except the .22 look-alike.

tac

gunny123 wrote: »

Young guns in Castledawson have a stack of m1's converted to straight pull. It might be worth an email or phone call to see if their supplier can get you a semi-auto.

http://www.young-guns.org.uk/products/m1-carbine-30-cal-straight-pull-rifles/

Unless they are a Sect five dealer,they wont be able to handle or aquire a sect 5 firearm .:(

AH! They are NI.Thought they were UK... My bad!. So this is then the weird bit.They can sell and buy pistols under NI law but cant deal with SA rifles under NI law. So if you want a SA rifle you still need to deal with the UK sect 5 dealer or the EU..
As an aside,whats the story with stocked pistols in NI?? Classified as pistols or ??? I G17 with a Hera arms Triari or Kopiss stock would make a decent carbine.

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

AH! They are NI.Thought they were UK... My bad!. So this is then the weird bit.They can sell and buy pistols under NI law but cant deal with SA rifles under NI law. So if you want a SA rifle you still need to deal with the UK sect 5 dealer or the EU..
As an aside,whats the story with stocked pistols in NI?? Classified as pistols or ??? I G17 with a Hera arms Triari or Kopiss stock would make a decent carbine.

Uh, Northern Ireland IS part of the UK.

AFAIK there are NO Section 5 dealers in Northern Ireland.

As the NIA told Westminster to go p*ss up a rope back in 1997 with regard to the handgun ban, handguns in Northern Ireland are still regarded as ordinary Section 1 Firearms.

With regard to firearms law in general - this -

More than 100,000 people in Northern Ireland own firearms, having 380,000 among them. Gun control laws in Northern Ireland are less restrictive than gun laws in the rest of the UK, due to the Good Friday Agreement, allowing Northern Ireland to govern itself and pass less restrictive laws. Gun laws in Northern Ireland are primarily affected by the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004. Under the new law, first-time buyers will be required to demonstrate they can be trusted with the firearm. It will be up to firearms dealers selling the products to tell new buyers, and those upgrading their firearms, about the safety procedures. Firearm possessors in Northern Ireland must not transport their firearms to Great Britain. All gun owners in Northern Ireland are required to apply for a Firearm Certificate to possess firearms. Permits are normally issued to anyone who has good reason to possess firearms, such as target shooting, hunting, and personal protection.

Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom where personal protection is accepted as a legitimate reason to obtain and own a firearm and is the only part of the United Kingdom where handguns are permitted. Semi-automatic rifles are only permitted when chambered in .22 calibre (with certain exceptions). Handguns and Shotguns are permitted in any calibre. There is no limit on magazine capacity for rifles and handguns, and the magazine limit for shotguns is 2 rounds. Also, carrying a firearm in plain view in a public place is allowed without a permit. Open carry of handguns is not common. However, in the countryside, people will often open carry loaded rifles and shotguns. A firearm certificate for a personal protection weapon will only be authorised where the Police Service of Northern Ireland deems there is a ‘verifiable specific risk’ to the life of an individual and that the possession of a firearm is a reasonable, proportionate and necessary measure to protect their life. Permits for personal protection also allow the holder to carry their firearms concealed. They may also allow the holder to possess fully automatic weapons and center fire semi-automatics in some instances.

If you can bear to read the next load of cr*p, this explains how the ordinary Joe in Great Britain CAN own a handgun, sort of.

http://bedfordgunclub.co.uk/heritage.html

Not for me, though. Having 'visiting rights' to see my handguns, and get supervised by some snotty-nosed dwong while shooting it/them, is not my idea of shooting fun. I'll just carry on shooting number of handguns that used to be mine while I'm over in PACNW.

tac

tac foley wrote:

Promise me you won't buy a "^&($££%$ straight-pull!

The only straight pull I would consider would be the k-31

tac foley wrote:

PS- no hyphen in K31, just in case you apply for one any time.

I believe ammo is in short supply unfortunately, if it wasn't I definitely would consider one.