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Division Table I List of types of firearmsF1

United Kingdom

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Types of Firearms
1 Pistols (single shot, semi-automatic)
2 Revolvers (including cylinder loading revolvers)
3 Single-shot long firearms (not break action)
4 Break action firearms (e.g. smoothbore, rifled, combination, falling/rolling block action, short and long firearms)
5 Repeating long firearms (smoothbore, rifled)
6 Semi-automatic long firearms (smoothbore, rifled)
7 Automatic firearms: e.g. assault rifles, (sub)machine guns, automatic pistols
8 Muzzle loading firearms including break action (except cylinder loading revolvers)

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/337 of 5 March 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403 establishing common guidelines on deactivation standards and techniques for ensuring that deactivated firearms are rendered irreversibly inoperable (Text with EEA relevance).

Notes on Annex I

Textual amendments

F2

Words in Annex 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 58(10)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in Annex 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 58(10)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)