Can I bring an air rifle into the UK?

You will not need to apply for an import licence for an air rifle or an air pistol as long as they: • Have not been disguised as another object, • Have not been designed or adapted for use with a self-contained gas cartridge system, • Are Single shot barrelled weapons designed to discharge only plastic or part-plastic ...
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Can you take an air rifle on a plane UK?

You cannot take any guns or firearms (including air rifles and starting pistols) as hand luggage. You may be able to take them as hold luggage - check with your airline before you travel.
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Can you bring a rifle to the UK?

To visit Great Britain with a firearm you will need to apply for a visitor's firearm or shotgun permit at least six weeks before you travel. Anyone attempting to enter Great Britain without a visitor's firearm or shotgun permit will not be allowed to enter with their firearms.
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Can you shoot air rifle in garden UK?

If you've just bought your first air rifle, or you're looking to get one and you're wondering whether you can shoot in your back garden, the short answer is yes, you can.
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What air rifles are illegal in UK?

Air weapons with muzzle energy greater than 12 foot- pounds may only be held on a firearms certificate issued by local police forces. Air pistols with muzzle energies greater than six foot-pounds (and certain other air weapons) are prohibited and may not be possessed without the authority of the Home Secretary.
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Airgun law UK - what you can shoot in your garden

Can I shoot my airsoft gun in my back garden UK?

Can you shoot airsoft in my garden? Legally, you can shoot an airsoft gun on your own property. You must not allow the pellets or BBs to travel outside the boundary of your garden unless you have permission from other surrounding landowners and never onto public areas.
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Can I bring an air rifle on a plane?

Classed as “specifically dangerous firearms”, airguns must be transported in a securely fastened case which prevents it from being freely picked up and fired.
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What guns can you own without a license UK?

In England & Wales, anyone over the age of 18 years can own an air weapon without a license. Recently, in Scotland they have introduced an Air Weapon license. There are strict power limits for Air Weapons. Guns which exceed these limits are reclassified as firearms.
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Can you bring airsoft guns into the UK?

Realistic imitation firearms (RIF)

Section 36 of the VCRA made it an offence to manufacture, import or sell a realistic imitation firearm or to modify an imitation firearm so that it becomes a realistic imitation firearm. A realistic imitation firearm brought into the UK is liable to forfeiture. 49.
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Can you bring a BB gun into the UK?

BB guns are legal in the UK but there is some legislation that concerns them. The Firearms Act 1968 states, 'An imitation firearm is anything which has the appearance of being a firearm, regardless of whether or not it is capable of discharging a shot, bullet or another missile.
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Can I get an air rifle delivered to my house?

We personally deliver your Airgun, Shotgun, Rifle directly to your given address (home, work etc.)
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How easy is it to get a Ukara?

To get UKARA you need to take part in a minimum of 3 games at any of our sites over a period of MORE than 2 months. Most players do 2 games, get their stamps and then wait for day 56 onwards to do the 3rd game.
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How much is a Ukara license?

Once processed and a one-off fee of £10 is paid you will obtain your UKARA number, DOGTAG membership card and receive a site player patch. As long as you remain a regular player at our site all future renewals will be free of charge.
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Do I need a license for a .177 air rifle?

Air weapons (air rifle, air gun, air pistol)

If it is not a lethal barrelled weapon, an air weapon is exempt from the requirement to hold a firearms certificate provided it is not designed or adapted for use with a self-contained gas cartridge system, or declared by the Secretary of State as specially dangerous.
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Do you need a licence for a .22 rifle UK?

Do you need a firearm certificate? If you own a rifle or an air rifle over 12 feet pounds muzzle energy you must have a firearm certificate (FAC). If you already have a shotgun certificate then it's a good idea to apply for a “coterminous” certificate.
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How old do you have to be to carry an air rifle in the UK?

It is an offence for a person under the age of 18 to purchase or hire an air weapon or ammunition for an air weapon. It is an offence to sell, let on hire or make a gift of an air weapon or ammunition for an air weapon to a person under the age of 18.
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What can I shoot in my garden UK?

In Scotland only you can shoot greylag geese, in England, you can shoot ringnecked parakeets but not monk parakeets, and in Northern Ireland only you can shoot starlings. Can you shoot a duck, pheasant, partridge or grouse in your back garden? Yes you can.
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Can you own an airsoft gun without a license UK?

'No' is the short answer. You do not need a license to buy or own an Airsoft Replica Gun, also known as a RIF (Replica Imitation Firearm). However, the retailer needs to ensure you have a reason for purchasing before they can sell you one. This is typically known as an Airsoft defence.
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What is the legal FPS for a pellet gun in UK?

UK Legal Limit

22 pellet weighing 14.4 grains, maximum permissible speed is 612 ft/sec A . 177 pellet weighing 7.9 grains, maximum permissible speed is 826 ft/sec The corresponding figures for a pistol are 433 ft/sec for a . 22 and 584 ft/sec for a .
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What happens if you buy an airsoft gun without Ukara?

An active UKARA status is NOT NEEDED to play at a game site, anyone can play with any airsoft gun as long as they are over the age of what the game site insurance covers them for (for example with us that is anyone 12 years old or above), and the gun passes the game site's power (fps) rules.
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Is it illegal to own a black airsoft gun without Ukara?

UKARA membership is only something you require to purchase fully black BB airsoft guns, or RIFs. Why? Well, the likelihood of the police or general public thinking that a bright orange gun is a real gun, is not very likely. Whereas if you are holding a black gun, there is no way of telling if it is a real gun or not.
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Is a Ukara license free?

Player registration is free, to become a registered airsoft player you are required to take part in three games at the same UKARA registered game site over a minimum of two months, e.g. the third game being 56 days or more after the first.
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Can I travel with an airsoft gun?

The gun must be placed in a locked, hard-sided case that cannot be easily pried open. If your locked case can be easily pried open, it will not be accepted. This applies both to stand-alone cases and to cases placed inside another piece of checked baggage.
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