Heck, I've tried using my 9mm 1911 and it was fun trying to knock the steel targets over but I've watched someone's. It isn't really a loophole at all, it's more of a geniune need/reason to purchase and use such a pistol for the competition, which is Metallic Silhouette in this case. To have that class on put on your licence, you have to fill out a fair bit of paperwork, with your club's endorsement and the fact that you've been participating in the Metallic Silhouette/Westion Action competition. 38 to compete well, so there's a special class of pistols made for them called Class C, which allows pistols bigger than. However, for Western Action (or Cowboy shooting) and Metallic Silhouette, they require pistols bigger than. The magazine capacity must be no more than 10 rounds.

The barrel in a semi-auto must not be any shorter than 120 (roughly 4.75 inches) millimetres or in a revolver, 100 (roughly 4 inches) millimetres. This is because of our SSAA's resistance against the government.Īs for handguns, we're only allowed to use them for target shooting with the restrictions being 1.

I'll give the said 'Essex' pistol a real good look-over but if it isn't worth the price tag, I'll pass on it and be patient for more 1911s to come alongįlcracker, our 'We know what's best of you' government could have easily banned all firearms if they wanted to, but they've only banned semi-auto rifles, semi-auto and pump-action shotguns (all of these can be obtained through a special licence if you're a professional hunter or primary producer), leaving bolt-action, lever-action and pump-action rifles well alone. You stopped a naive buyer from going off the deep end. for all the timely information and advice.

Essex handy gun value by serial number