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Are you asking me or John? When I ran a search on reproduction crossbows, circa 1500, I remember finding a reference to not shipping any crossbows to England citing a reference to a prohibition to anything over a (specific) 1.5 kilo pull. Most of the crossbows I found were modern, and not historic replicas. I checked a number of sites that day, and cannot, off the top of my head, remember which one cited what. I also ran across a reference to to permits, and a prohibition to public display or usage of one, this being a criminal offence. There were references to laws of 1986(?) and 2006. Shooting one was restricted to a target range, which if I recall right must be licenced or have a permit or something. The context made it sound like a new law recognising "granfathered" crossbows, with the limitations noted above, but that new ones where a legal issue, as with the sword ban. Most replica crossbows, I found, are non-functional, and noted the pull as being less than five pounds (1.5 kilos, or thereabout) which was not what I was looking for. I am not a lawyer and disclaim anything I say as legal advise or anything close. Given all the other restrictions all over the place I saw no reason to question the caution on non-shipment.
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It's what I was told by sporting goods dealers in Edinburgh in '73. Longbows were no problem, but crossbows were banned because poachers had been using them. I saw no reason to doubt them.
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Those are the facts, thanks.
My crossbow is a modern(ish) with a 120lb pull. I bought it in '82.
Yes, I had ment it for John originally, but I'll accept an answer from anyone who will talk to me.... :wink:
Sorry John, I think someone was waffeling at you. There has been some lobbying to ban them totally, but I think it is just a use foe hunting ban, and in public places.
For good reason, mind you....the archery clubs don't allow crossbows because they destroy the targets too quickly.
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Of course, the law could have been different prior to 1987. And in regards to mail-order, perhaps the seller needs to verify age. This would be presumably be impossible if the buyer wasn't there in person.