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Pump Action Shotgun

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  • #2
    Asus1
    Registered Users Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Asus1


    Paddy Mc Ginn wrote: »
    Can you legally own a 3 shot pump-action shotgun?

    Yes you can.Did you not already apply for shotgun licence,what did you get.


  • #3
    cookimonster
    Registered Users Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭cookimonster


    I strongly suggest you read over this web page - https://garda.ie/en/about-us/online-services/firearms-licensing/firearm-certificate-renewals.html and inparticular this document-
    An Garda Siochana. The Garda Commissioner's Guidelines
    https://garda.ie/en/about-us/online-services/firearms-licensing/commissioner-s-guidelines-2018.pdf
    Altough it is not the letter of the law it is guideance document used by Garda reference firearms ownership and other important areas of legal firearms use in Ireland.
    If you wish to seek further detail then there are the various Acts for these Google is your friend or trawl through the stickies found in the various forums here.

    To save you asking potentially the same questions again refer back to this familiar thread-
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=117147744.
    The potential questions you may have in relation to pump action shotguns are found in this thread that you started.

    This is a great place for advice and direction but we as members are not always right and therefore you, for good due diligence, should double check the value and reliability of the information passed on here.


  • #4
    Paddy Mc Ginn
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭Paddy Mc Ginn


    Asus1 wrote: »
    Yes you can.Did you not already apply for shotgun licence,what did you get.

    I did I was just curious because a shop was selling a 6 round pump action shotgun plugged to 2 rounds and I was wondering why they didn’t plug it to 3


  • #5
    Gorgeousgeorge
    Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭Gorgeousgeorge


    Paddy Mc Ginn wrote: »
    I did I was just curious because a shop was selling a 6 round pump action shotgun plugged to 2 rounds and I was wondering why they didn’t plug it to 3

    1 in the chamber 2 in the mag maybe??


  • #6
    otmmyboy2
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 1,422 Mod ✭✭✭✭otmmyboy2


    Paddy Mc Ginn wrote: »
    I did I was just curious because a shop was selling a 6 round pump action shotgun plugged to 2 rounds and I was wondering why they didn’t plug it to 3

    The wording for shotgun is based on the total number of rounds the shotgun can contain, not just what the magazine can contain.
    Thus for 3 in a non restricted shotgun you are stuck with a mag of 2 and one in the chamber.

    Never forget, the end goal is zero firearms of any type.

    S.I. No. 187/1972 - Firearms (Temporary Custody) Order - Firearms seized

    S.I. No. 21/2008 - Firearms (Restricted Firearms and Ammunition) Order 2008 - Firearm types restricted

    Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 - Firearms banned & grandfathered

    S.I. No. 420/2019 - Magazine ban, ammo storage & transport restricted

    Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 - 2023 Firearm Ban (retroactive to 8 years prior)



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  • #7
    tudderone
    Registered Users Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭tudderone


    Why don't you join a club, decide what you like shooting most, and buy the best gun for that discipline. Rather than "Can i have a centrefire pistol, can i have a pump action, etc). No point blowing your money on a pump action if you decide you prefer rifle shooting.


  • #8
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,191 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    As you are waiting to licence an older Browning, why not see how you get on with it first?
    Join a clay shooting club,and get lost of practice in.
    Your gun should create a bit of interest, and you'll probably be able to shoot a round if Clay's with someone's pump action shotgun on exchange for letting them have a go with your Remington...


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