# Firearms Act 1937, Section 16: Firearms and ammunition to which Part I applies


(1) This Part of this Act applies to all firearms as defined in section thirty-two of this Act, except the following weapons and component parts thereof and accessories thereto, namely—
(a) a smooth bore gun having a barrel not less than twenty inches in length;
(b) an air gun, air rifle or air pistol not being of a type declared by rules made by a Secretary of State under this Act to be specially dangerous.
(2) This Part of this Act applies to all ammunition as defined in section thirty-two of this Act, except the following articles, namely—
(a) cartridges containing five or more shot, none of which exceeds nine twenty-fifths of an inch in diameter;
(b) ammunition for an air gun or air rifle or air pistol;
(c) blank cartridges not exceeding one inch in diameter.
(3) For the purpose of this section the diameter of a cartridge shall be measured immediately in front of the rim or cannelure of the base of the cartridge.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/12/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1937/section-16
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