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Collection license

Post by russianshooter » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:48 pm

Hello

What about collection license in India?
Indian citizen may have 3 gun (rifle pistol shotgun or pistol pistol pistol or shotgun shotgun shotgun )
Indian citizen may collect firearms witn no limit?

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Re: Collection license

Post by Shivaji.Dasgupta » Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:44 am

If it is a working weapon then he or she still required License in all conditions. There is no specific collection license as far as I know. You can Still collect the non functional Fire arms ( The barrel Sealed or drilled, Mechanism not working) in this case the District Magistrate issue a certificate stating that the concerned weapon is a non functional and can be used as a display item.
I saw notice for few auctions of such fire Arms ( Of course obsolete Cal. and Models).

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Re: Collection license

Post by russianshooter » Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:26 pm

Shivaji.Dasgupta wrote:If it is a working weapon then he or she still required License in all conditions. There is no specific collection license as far as I know. You can Still collect the non functional Fire arms ( The barrel Sealed or drilled, Mechanism not working) in this case the District Magistrate issue a certificate stating that the concerned weapon is a non functional and can be used as a display item.
I saw notice for few auctions of such fire Arms ( Of course obsolete Cal. and Models).

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Re: Collection license

Post by mundaire » Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:31 pm

There is no provision for a collectors license, so essentially for ordinary citizens there is a hard limit of 3 firearms. However there are a few exceptions (as is often the case in India):

a) Ethnic Kodava persons residing in Coorg district of Karnataka are exempt from Section 3 of the Arms Act. What this means is that neither do they require an arms license to own a firearm nor is there any limit to the number of firearms that they can own (within the said district only).

b) Sports shooters who have qualified as "renowned shot" in the National Shooting Championships are allowed up to 7 firearms (if qualified in one event) and up to 10 firearms (if qualified in more than one event).

c) Sports shooters who have been awarded the Arjuna Award (if awarded for outstanding performance in shooting sports) have no limit to the number of firearms that they may own.

It may be worthwhile noting here that up to 1983, there was NO LIMIT to the maximum number of firearms that an individual could own.

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Re: Collection license

Post by russianshooter » Thu Oct 26, 2017 1:02 pm

mundaire wrote:There is no provision for a collectors license, so essentially for ordinary citizens there is a hard limit of 3 firearms. However there are a few exceptions (as is often the case in India):

a) Ethnic Kodava persons residing in Coorg district of Karnataka are exempt from Section 3 of the Arms Act. What this means is that neither do they require an arms license to own a firearm nor is there any limit to the number of firearms that they can own (within the said district only).

b) Sports shooters who have qualified as "renowned shot" in the National Shooting Championships are allowed up to 7 firearms (if qualified in one event) and up to 10 firearms (if qualified in more than one event).

c) Sports shooters who have been awarded the Arjuna Award (if awarded for outstanding performance in shooting sports) have no limit to the number of firearms that they may own.

It may be worthwhile noting here that up to 1983, there was NO LIMIT to the maximum number of firearms that an individual could own.

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Abhijeet
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Re: Collection license

Post by muktgan » Thu Jan 25, 2018 2:02 pm

resp sir,

can you plz send me the letter format....

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