Does a .22 air rifle need a license

[pksnathan]

Friends,
Does .222 air rifle requires a gun license?I request our friends to please clarify this aspect.
Thanking you,
Sincerely,
pksnathan

[pandian1948]

Friend

It is .22 not .222. O K.
Take a piece of one inch deal wood board.
Place the board 5 feet away from the muzzle of the Air - Gun/Rifle /Pistol.
Fire a shot.
If the pellet penetrates the board then your weapon needs a licence.
Otherwise no.

Pandian. Chennai.
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[hamiclar01]

i. Can you give more details on which gun you are looking at and any pellet details in .222, since 'tis an unusual calibre.

ii. Have you gone through the existing thread on airgun legality in India? If not, when do you plan to?

iii. if on the other hand, if you have gone through the above thread, and it has not provided you with answers, and it's the bog standard .22 you want to know about, please tell us what you exactly what your question is ?

[tonysilas]

its not .222 ,it is .22 cal. we've never heard of .222 cal
regards,
tony

[pksnathan]

Friend

It is .22 not .222. O K.
Take a piece of one inch deal wood board.
Place the board 5 feet away from the muzzle of the Air - Gun/Rifle /Pistol.
Fire a shot.
If the pellet penetrates the board then your weapon needs a licence.
Otherwise no.

Pandian. Chennai.
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Friend,
Sorry for the mistake.Instead of .22 I have typed .222.Sorry for the goof up.

-- Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:05 pm --

i. Can you give more details on which gun you are looking at and any pellet details in .222, since 'tis an unusual calibre.

ii. Have you gone through the existing thread on airgun legality in India? If not, when do you plan to?

iii. if on the other hand, if you have gone through the above thread, and it has not provided you with answers, and it's the bog standard .22 you want to know about, please tell us what you exactly what your question is ?

Friend,
I am sorry for the mistake on my part.I am referring to .22 calibre.
pksnathan

-- Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:10 pm --

its not .222 ,it is .22 cal. we've never heard of .222 cal
regards,
tony

Tony.
I am sorry for the mistake.I am referring to .22 calibre air rifle.
pksnathan

[tonysilas]

air arms does not need liscense as far as i knew even if it is .177 or .22 cal

[pksnathan]

air arms does not need liscense as far as i knew even if it is .177 or .22 cal

Thank you Tony for the clarification.
Sincerely,
pksnathan

[mundaire]

Try http://www.indiansforguns.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2335

[girrish sharma]

Any air gun/air rifle require a licence if it cross the permission limit under GSR 991. Be careful before purchase of any powerful air rifle
girrish

[gokul.kumar]

Hi,

Beretta Elite II air pistol is available in Chennai? Pls share price (same is US 50$)

Caliber .177
19-shot BB repeater

[Katana]

.222 Remington is very much a rimfire or centerfire calibre(not sure) and was used at one time by SAS for their sniper weaponery for is straight path trajectory. Can't say if I have heard or seen this calibre weapon with anyone in India.

[PRITAM PATEL]

Hi PKSNATHAN,

I can understand .222 was a typo mistake by your side,

Here on this board most of the ppl are OVER-ENTHUSIAST to express their wide knowledge of weapons, calibers and the rules prevailing in INDIA. just ignore unwanted replies

As per Book, Rule says that "Any Projectile ( let it be any Cal. from .177 to .50 or what ever )propelled by means of Air, fails to Pass the Deal Wood Test, than that propelling devise requires a License."

Thats what the rule says,

but I doubt even IHP 35 model in .177 Cal ( in fact it has more penetration than .22 ) can pass the test even with factory spring.

Please allow me to take liberty to say most of the current domestic production Air-Guns/Rifles will not pass the test

PPL wants the most powerful air-weapon so ppl are mfg. them without worrying about that Big Fat Book

Wise guys can easily guess the purpose of your query....

So As per book "Most of the recent domestic/imported sporter (may not be the competition one)air weapon need a license"

The Big- Fat Book was original idea of our former Colonial Rulers, and Babus are continuing it. so there is a wast diff. between Technical vs. Practical aspects of the rules.

Do anything or have any permit/license, Aam Janta is always at fault ( if babu wishes to harress you , he has absolute powers to do so, but pity is that even after 60 years of Independence we Aam Janta is living at the mercy of Babu )

Hope my views help you with your query

regards
pritam

[Katana]

Pritambhai,

.222 Rem. is not a typo on my part. It is a caliber still favoured by quite a few hunters in the West. It is distinct from .22 cal. Air Rifle. .222 Rem. is centrefire or rimfire cartridge.

Katana

[PRITAM PATEL]

Pritambhai,

.222 Rem. is not a typo on my part. It is a caliber still favoured by quite a few hunters in the West. It is distinct from .22 cal. Air Rifle. .222 Rem. is centrefire or rimfire cartridge.

Katana

Bapu,

I m sorry to consider you as this thread starter,
let me edit my post,
waiting for mid December for meet, I have few friends of similar interest ( but not computer guys) , will try to get them at the meet