Take a look at the guns you can legally buy in the UK
Most people think that you can only own shotguns where the shells are loaded by hand (popular in clay shooting, for example), but you can actually own and use semi-automatic shotguns, such as this Benelli M4.
The Ruger 10/22 is one of the most popular rifles for new shooters in the UK. It's a semi-automatic rifle that has been in production since 1964.
Remington says that their model Model 700 bolt-action rifle is the most popular sporting rifle ever made with over 5 million sold. It's popular with police forces all over the world.
The Beretta ARX 160 is a military assault rifle used by the Italian army. The version below is a semi-automatic chambered in .22 LR that you can use in the UK.
There's quite a few semi-automatic .22 LR versions of military rifles that you can buy in the UK, including this Heckler&Koch MP5...
...this Heckler and Koch HK416, a version of the AR15 rifle that is used by special forces around the world...
...and you can now even something very close to an AR-15 made by Smith and Wesson. It's called the M&P 15-22 and is based on the real AR15 which is itself the basis for the rifles used by a huge number of militaries around the world.
You can even get an UZI in .22LR.
Here's the hugely powerful Steyr HS 50.Cal. If you've got £5,000 and access to a shooting range big enough, you can have one in the UK.
you can only use at limited number of specialist shooting ranges
You can even own the British-made Accuracy International sniper rifle. It holds the record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in history and is yours for £23,000.
It's also possible to get some guns that look like handguns, but are actually legal because they've been specially lengthened to get around the restrictions on short-barreled guns. The GSG 1911 long barrel pistol has a lengthened barrel and a fixed "counter-weight rod" at the back which means it gets around the handgun ban.
The same goes for this Taurus LBR revolver which has a 12" barrel and a permanently fixed "wrist support."
You can own the pump-action Mossberg 500 too. Just as long as it can only hold no more than two cartridges plus one in the chamber.
Punt guns were used in the 19th century to hunt waterfowl. It's still possible to pick them up second-hand.
And finally, you can get a custom rifle made for you by the British gun-maker HollandandHolland – like the one below that is chambered in .700 Nitro Express. The gun will cost you a couple of hundred thousand pounds and each round will set you back about £100.
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