The Bruni Olympic .380 BBM is a blank firing revolver. It is banned in the UK as being "readily convertible" into a live-firing gun.[1][2]
UK ban edit
The gun was banned on 4 June 2010 in the UK. Increasing use of converted guns had led to the re-assessment of its categorisation as "not readily converted" to "readily converted", resulting in it becoming a prohibited weapon under section five of the Firearms Act 1968.[3] A short amnesty between 14 April and 4 June was held in Dorset.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Home Office Reclassification of the Olympic .380 BBM Revolver - Metropolitan Police" (PDF). SCDA.org.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Why They Stopped Using Real Pistols to Start Olympic Races". www.mentalfloss.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ Hamilton, Fiona. "Starting pistol, Olympic .38BB used in gang warfare to be banned". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Amnesty for Bruni Olympic .380 BBM blank firing revolver". Dorset Police. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
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