How much ammo are you allowed in India?

[MoA]

Just out of curiosity...

How much ammo are you allowed to have per caliber/weapon? How much can you buy?
And those of you who do shoot compititively... how do you manage?

Around here you're pretty much limited by your wallet. I personally tend to have a couple of boxes of factory only. Mainly because I load my own, and my rifles in particular seem to like non stanadard lenghts.

[cottage cheese]

Just out of curiosity...

How much ammo are you allowed to have per caliber/weapon? How much can you buy?
And those of you who do shoot compititively... how do you manage?

Around here you're pretty much limited by your wallet. I personally tend to have a couple of boxes of factory only. Mainly because I load my own, and my rifles in particular seem to like non stanadard lenghts.

Hope you're not asking that question to make us miserable

Apart from sportsmen and a handful of fortunate souls, a majority of indians are going to have to go by the 25/50 ratio...means one can purchase a maximum of 25 shots at any given time and a maximum purchase of 50 shots per year is permissible.

It varies minutely from state to state, region to region...I'm told in Guwahati..perhaps whole of Assam one cannot purchase more than four shots at a time.... Can you believe the babus who think up such drivel?!!

[MoA]

So in theory... over a period of 10 years you could accumulate a stash of 500?

So in Guwahti you would need to go buy .22 lr at 4/trip to the shop? That is really stupid.

What is the logic behind this absurdity?

[cottage cheese]

What is the logic behind this absurdity?

Logic? ...Well...you tell me... as I know, that's the establishments' standard method of combating militancy and terrorism ... at least that's the apparent reason they are trying to hint at, now that most of their other half-witted amateur measures have more or less failed.

Someone once said (perhaps it was badshah?) that UP has a limit of max 10 shots that can be possessed at a time.... well the government HAS to be seen to be doing at least something...

[OverUnderPump]

What is the logic behind this absurdity?

Ahh the logic,....the logic' .

regards

OUP

[MoA]

So how do you guys shoot? Or are the weapons little more than glorified clubs?

And when you go to the range, what do you do? Fire one group of five and come home?
That could be understandable with the .405's but this is really absurd.

In any case the criminal elements seem to always find what they are looking for in terms of ammo.
Do they think that the militants/terrorists will ensure they only have 10 rounds in their AK?

[shahid]

Even more absurd is the fact that no crime is ever comitted with licenced weapons.

With such great controls in India then, why are there so many crimes ? Where do the firearms and ammo come from ? Does the govt. have an answer ?

[shooter]

one cant accumulate ammo over the years as your licence would state how much ammo one can AT A TIME as well as yearly limit.

i know some people with a limit of 300/year but this was done around 5 yrs ago. Ive heard laws have become even more strict since then.

[MoA]

That is the situation in the UK as well currently, where they have banned semi-auto's and pistols. However the criminal elements have no difficulty in sourcing these weapons.

Thankfully on the continent cooler minds still work. But have some wierd restrictions as well. For example you can not go hunting with a .308 since its a miltary caliber. Becomes even more absurd with things like the old mausers which come in sizes ranging from the original 8x57 to 8x64. Yould hunt with the 8x60 but not the original chambering. However hand guns remain legal as do semi's.

The only real 'licensed' gun crime one hears of in India is when some drunk idiot thinks shooting off one in the air is good fun. Or in the case of the unfortunate jessica lal, where I do not believe the weapon was recovered.

I do remember it being easier to own weapons, and certainly having more than 50 cartridges at a time. When did it become so draconian?

[penpusher]

25/25 to unlimited

[MoA]

How do you go about getting an unlimited endorsement? Or is it for air guns only

[penpusher]

Airguns do not require a license.

[MoA]

At least GOI seems to have gotten away from one piece of absurdity.
Do limit the velocity possible or can you get some of the 900 fps+ ones as well?

[penpusher]

There is a limit based on penetration of a given medium,however no one bothers about it

[shooter]

paaji isnt unlimited reserved for "shooters"?