Handgonne - Replica of a hand cannon

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I was wondering if some could chime in on the legal status of a home made "Hand Gonne". These are the old school originals - basically a small cannon fitted on a long pole, that would have been used in 14th century Europe. Are they exempt as a cannon signalling device, antique status blackpowder arms or would they be non-restricted or restricted? The metal part is basically a foot in length attached to a long wooden pole.

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Let me know your thoughts.
Thanks
 
Antique classification. It is a touch hole fired long gun. The short bore is irrelevant because it was made that length, not cut down.
Antique firearms are firearms - just not subject to the restrictions of the Firearms Act.
 
tiriaq said:
Antique classification. It is a touch hole fired long gun. The short bore is irrelevant because it was made that length, not cut down.
Antique firearms are firearms - just not subject to the restrictions of the Firearms Act.
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But it is plainly NOT an antique, being made of what appears to be stainless steel, rather than wrought iron as the real thing was.

So it is a replica, and isn't a replica of a medieval firearm, and is it not therefore subject to the rules applying to modern firearms?

Here in yUK, it would be classed as a short-barrelled shotgun - substantially less that the 24" required for it to qualify a an ordinary shotgun that has a capacity of three shots or less.

That short barrel and the fact that is fires a single projectile makes it as much a firearrm here as .50cal AI.

tac
 
In Canada, some modern guns are considered to be antiques. Touch hole fired longarms are classed as antiques, even if made after 1897. It is a reproduction of an early handgonne. Might be stainless, might be polished high tensile alloy steel, might be polished mild steel. That doesn't matter. For a longarm, barrel length is an issue only if the barrel has been shortened.
 
tacfoley said:
Thanks for the clarification!

tac
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In Canada, you can buy a commercially made 12" barrel for your Remington 870 and it's perfectly legal to attach and use. But if you take a longer barrel and cut it to 12" and attach it to the same shotgun - you can be charged with multiple criminal offenses. If you look closely at Canada's firearms law, then it becomes obvious that these laws were written by people with mental capacity equivalent to below average spyder monkey. In other words - Liberals. :)
 
With our laws the only sure thing is to call the CFO... But if you got one of those be sure to dress up as a landsknecht, with the poofiest of pants. To take advantage of the whole Hiding-in-plain-sight principal. No worries of people complaining about your boomstick.
 
Flintlock long guns are not considered firearms either originals or modern-made, original pistols are not firearms but modern replicas are registered as restricted. Believe the hand gonne might fall under this altho' it is "just a signalling device". Doesn't make much sense but deal with it we must.
 
It might be called a "handgonne", but it certainly isn't a handgun in the sense of being a pistol; several feet long, requires both hands and an armpit to fire.
It is a touch hole fired longarm, and as such it would be deemed to be an antique.
 
jethunter said:
...these laws were written by people with mental capacity equivalent to a below average spyder monkey. In other words - Liberals. :)
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I didn't mean to insult the monkey. I expect a monkey could write better law than the liberals did with C68. :)
 
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