# The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Specification for Imitation Firearms) Regulations 2011, Regulation 6: Specifications for imitation firearms


The specifications referred to in Regulation 5 are that—
(a) an imitation revolver must incorporate an inclusion cast into the dummy barrel and a separate inclusion cast into the cylinder which extends to fully obstruct all the dummy chambers;
(b) the inclusions must be wholly made of a material which is at least as resistant to being cut, drilled, bored, ground (or any similar process) as sintered tungsten carbide in the range 1550-2000 HV 30;
(c) the inclusions should be permanent and incapable of being knocked out without destroying the chamber or barrel;
(d) the barrel inclusion must wholly block the dummy barrel and part of it must be incorporated into the rear of the dummy barrel;
(e) the barrel inclusion must be intended to prevent removal of the dummy barrel, unless the frame of the firearm is rendered useless as a result or its integrity so compromised that it cannot be used to form the basis of a firearm without significant repair or addition;
(f) the inclusions must be intended to prevent the creation of a hole through the dummy barrel or chamber along their axis; and
(g) the revolver must vent the gasses produced on discharge at not less than 80 degrees from the axis of the dummy barrel.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1754/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/violent-crime-reduction-act-2006-specification-for-imitation-firearms-regulations-2011/regulation-6
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