Weapons Regulation 2016
sch.4-sec.10Self-loading shotgun
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sch.4-sec.10 Self-loading shotgun
A self-loading shotgun may be modified to make it permanently incapable of being discharged by doing all of the following— boring a hole, approximately 60% of the bore size, just forward of the chamber; inserting a close fitting steel plug of the length of the chamber in the chamber and welding at the breech; completely breaking off, grinding off or removing the firing pin; welding the trigger and hammer to the receiver; welding the bolt to the receiver either— through the magazine well or the ejection port; or along the exposed surface of the bolt for at least 80% of the bolt’s length; cutting off the magazine lips and removing the spring and follower; if the shotgun has a quick detachable barrel—welding the barrel to the receiver; if the shotgun has a tube type magazine—cutting off the crimped end of the guide, if any, and removing the spring and follower; if the shotgun has a gas piston—removing the gas piston and spring, if any, and filling the gas block with weld.
- (a) boring a hole, approximately 60% of the bore size, just forward of the chamber;
- (b) inserting a close fitting steel plug of the length of the chamber in the chamber and welding at the breech;
- (c) completely breaking off, grinding off or removing the firing pin;
- (d) welding the trigger and hammer to the receiver;
- (e) welding the bolt to the receiver either— (i) through the magazine well or the ejection port; or (ii) along the exposed surface of the bolt for at least 80% of the bolt’s length;
- (i) through the magazine well or the ejection port; or
- (ii) along the exposed surface of the bolt for at least 80% of the bolt’s length;
- (f) cutting off the magazine lips and removing the spring and follower;
- (g) if the shotgun has a quick detachable barrel—welding the barrel to the receiver;
- (h) if the shotgun has a tube type magazine—cutting off the crimped end of the guide, if any, and removing the spring and follower;
- (i) if the shotgun has a gas piston—removing the gas piston and spring, if any, and filling the gas block with weld.
- (i) through the magazine well or the ejection port; or
- (ii) along the exposed surface of the bolt for at least 80% of the bolt’s length;