Question : Can I keep the air gun imported by someone else?

[kshitij]

You can legally keep any air gun, imported or locally made, as long as it passes the deal wood test. Generally all guns under the 12fpe limit should pass this without worry. So yes, go ahead and get what you want.

To repeat myself, I only mentioned that whatever passes the dealwood test is legal in India. Now people can sit and guess that their 14fpe or even 40fpe guns will pass this test, but such advice cannot be given unless the someone has verfied this limit.
Also, i recommended the 12fpe limit as atleast precihole has forensically ascertained that this power will pass the deal wood test and is legal to own in India.
No one is interested in following the british laws or living under their shadow and it is best to not make such assumptions.

Now unless some one is ready to document, prove and get it certified that air rifles beyond 12fpe will pass the test and remain legal in India, I would prefer sticking to the proven 12fpe limit on the forum. Would not prefer taking peoples guess as my criteria to assume a safe legal limit.

And as far as the assumption that people on the forum are not using a crony, it couldn't be further from the truth! Whether we would want to share these details on a public forum is altogether another issue

What i CAN share with you is, I have used a crony with my preci and it shoots 15.89 grain JSB exacts at 600 odd fps. So go ahead and do the math.

[ThinkingMonkey]

For the sake of completion I would like to repeat that there is no Indian law that restricts air rifles to 12 fpe. In fact the Indian Standards Bureau does not even use British Royal units like "foot-pounds" - they use SI units - i.e Joules. 12 fpe is a British power limit.

The limit of power in Indian air rifles has no connection with 12 fpe although people keep on talking as if some British standard is applicable to India. The Indian law states that air rifles should pass the "Deal Wood Test". There is no mention of 12 fpe in Indian laws. For some reason Precihole have decided that 12 fpe is an Indian limit. There is no legal basis for that.

I did the deal wood test on my air rifles and I am guessing that in India even rifles going up to 14 fpe may pass the deal wood test. I don't know why we misquote the law and then worry that we are not allowed to have more power. It is high time we grew out of the shadow of Britain because we keep mixing up what happens abroad with reality for India. It is my ambition to do a proper crony+weight of pellet calculation of power and then see what air rifles in India are doing. No one, not even on IFG seems to be doing that. No point complaining about Indian power limits if we are quoting British standards. I am seeing the British law being quoted again and again and again on IFG as if it applies to India.

I agree with bennedose. Regardless of fpe or bore diameter etc., once the airgun is inside India by hook or crook, all that matters for "possession" of airgun within India is the satisfaction of Central Government notification No. G.S.R 991 dated 13-7-1962. It can be read via following link http://www.indiansforguns.com/viewtopic ... 335#p50363

Thanks for the information guys.