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<blockquote data-quote="johngibbs222" data-source="post: 2228724" data-attributes="member: 49619"><p>UK, just for info</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><strong>SPECIES</strong></td><td> <strong>MIN BULLET WEIGHT</strong></td><td> <strong>CALIBRE</strong></td><td> <strong>MIN MUZZLE ENERGY</strong></td></tr><tr><td> <strong>Red</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> Eng & Wales</td><td> –</td><td> Not less than .240 inches</td><td> 1,700 foot pounds</td></tr><tr><td> Scotland</td><td>100 grains</td><td> –</td><td> 1,750 foot pounds (min muzzle velocity 2,450 feet per second)</td></tr><tr><td> N Ireland</td><td> 100 grains</td><td> Not less than .236 inches</td><td> 1,700 foot pounds</td></tr><tr><td><strong> Fallow</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> Eng & Wales</td><td> –</td><td> Not less than .240 inches</td><td> 1,700 foot pounds</td></tr><tr><td> Scotland</td><td> 100 grains</td><td> –</td><td> 1,750 foot pounds (min muzzle velocity 2,450 feet per second)</td></tr><tr><td> N Ireland</td><td> 100 grains</td><td> Not less than .236 inches</td><td> 1,700 foot pounds</td></tr><tr><td><strong> Sika</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> Eng & Wales</td><td>–</td><td>Not less than .240 inches</td><td>1,700 foot pounds</td></tr><tr><td> Scotland</td><td>100 grains</td><td>–</td><td>1,750 foot pounds (min muzzle velocity 2,450 feet per second)</td></tr><tr><td> N Ireland</td><td>100 grains</td><td>Not less than .236 inches</td><td>1,700 foot pounds</td></tr><tr><td><strong> Roe</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> Eng & Wales</td><td>–</td><td>Not less than .240 inches</td><td>1,700 foot pounds</td></tr><tr><td> Scotland</td><td>50 grains</td><td>–</td><td>1,000 foot pounds (min muzzle velocity 2,450 feet per second)</td></tr><tr><td><strong> Chinese water deer </strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> Eng & Wales</td><td>50 grains</td><td>Not less than .220 inches</td><td>1,000 foot pounds</td></tr><tr><td><strong> Muntjac</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> Eng & Wales</td><td>50 grains</td><td>Not less than .220 inches</td><td>1,000 foot pounds</td></tr></table><p>It must be stressed that all these figures are the minimum legal requirement. For all deer stalking the bullet must be of a type designed to expand/deform on impact. This info is from the official code of practice.</p><p></p><p>Further personal info, bowhunting any animal is illegal and hunting with a silencer is becoming the norm, as is the use of monolithic bullets to prevent lead pollution.</p><p>You can see that in Scotland most 45/70 and also pistol calibers would struggle to be legal and the 30.30 just about sneaks in. In the rest of the UK many pistol caliber rifles especially 357 would also struggle for legality against even the small deer.</p><p>For hogs there is a bit of a gray area but they seem to be settling on 30 cal eg 308, 300 win mag etc. though I have heard of 270 win being allowed.</p><p>Rifles for these purposes (deer and boar) are normally identified on the users firearms certificate.</p><p>Shotguns with buckshot are permitted and some areas allow them with slugs for both deer and boar, but a firearms certificate is needed for slugs. TBH any tom, dick or harry can use buckshot and I convinced my Firearms officer to give me permission to use my rifles based on my throw away line that I'd use buckshot if not.</p><p>I've not heard of any certificates being issued allowing muzzle loaders to be used, but I've never researched it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johngibbs222, post: 2228724, member: 49619"] UK, just for info [TABLE] [TR] [TD][B]SPECIES[/B][/TD] [TD] [B]MIN BULLET WEIGHT[/B][/TD] [TD] [B]CALIBRE[/B][/TD] [TD] [B]MIN MUZZLE ENERGY[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [B]Red[/B][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Eng & Wales[/TD] [TD] –[/TD] [TD] Not less than .240 inches[/TD] [TD] 1,700 foot pounds[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Scotland[/TD] [TD]100 grains[/TD] [TD] –[/TD] [TD] 1,750 foot pounds (min muzzle velocity 2,450 feet per second)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] N Ireland[/TD] [TD] 100 grains[/TD] [TD] Not less than .236 inches[/TD] [TD] 1,700 foot pounds[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B] Fallow[/B][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Eng & Wales[/TD] [TD] –[/TD] [TD] Not less than .240 inches[/TD] [TD] 1,700 foot pounds[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Scotland[/TD] [TD] 100 grains[/TD] [TD] –[/TD] [TD] 1,750 foot pounds (min muzzle velocity 2,450 feet per second)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] N Ireland[/TD] [TD] 100 grains[/TD] [TD] Not less than .236 inches[/TD] [TD] 1,700 foot pounds[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B] Sika[/B][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B] [/B]Eng & Wales[/TD] [TD]–[/TD] [TD]Not less than .240 inches[/TD] [TD]1,700 foot pounds[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Scotland[/TD] [TD]100 grains[/TD] [TD]–[/TD] [TD]1,750 foot pounds (min muzzle velocity 2,450 feet per second)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] N Ireland[/TD] [TD]100 grains[/TD] [TD]Not less than .236 inches[/TD] [TD]1,700 foot pounds[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B] Roe[/B][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B] [/B]Eng & Wales[/TD] [TD]–[/TD] [TD]Not less than .240 inches[/TD] [TD]1,700 foot pounds[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Scotland[/TD] [TD]50 grains[/TD] [TD]–[/TD] [TD]1,000 foot pounds (min muzzle velocity 2,450 feet per second)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B] Chinese water deer [/B][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Eng & Wales[/TD] [TD]50 grains[/TD] [TD]Not less than .220 inches[/TD] [TD]1,000 foot pounds[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B] Muntjac[/B][/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Eng & Wales[/TD] [TD]50 grains[/TD] [TD]Not less than .220 inches[/TD] [TD]1,000 foot pounds[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] It must be stressed that all these figures are the minimum legal requirement. For all deer stalking the bullet must be of a type designed to expand/deform on impact. This info is from the official code of practice. Further personal info, bowhunting any animal is illegal and hunting with a silencer is becoming the norm, as is the use of monolithic bullets to prevent lead pollution. You can see that in Scotland most 45/70 and also pistol calibers would struggle to be legal and the 30.30 just about sneaks in. In the rest of the UK many pistol caliber rifles especially 357 would also struggle for legality against even the small deer. For hogs there is a bit of a gray area but they seem to be settling on 30 cal eg 308, 300 win mag etc. though I have heard of 270 win being allowed. Rifles for these purposes (deer and boar) are normally identified on the users firearms certificate. Shotguns with buckshot are permitted and some areas allow them with slugs for both deer and boar, but a firearms certificate is needed for slugs. TBH any tom, dick or harry can use buckshot and I convinced my Firearms officer to give me permission to use my rifles based on my throw away line that I'd use buckshot if not. I've not heard of any certificates being issued allowing muzzle loaders to be used, but I've never researched it. [/QUOTE]
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