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[tomaustin]

can you just be a collector ? does the weapons limit include weapons that are not fired or cannot be fired ? we call them "wall-hangers" around here.....

[ZX-10R]

Originally Posted by tomaustin

can you just be a collector ? does the weapons limit include weapons that are not fired or cannot be fired ? we call them "wall-hangers" around here.....

Yes, you can be just a collector, but you must be a member of the only club of collectors , "Eduard de Beaumont" .
It's incredible hard to become a member, at the moment it has a waitinglist of over 2 years.
You have to choose a specific field of collecting, publish about it and give lectures.
The members of the board must also find your subject interesting enough and worthy of becoming a member and offered a collectors permit.
I assure you, if you the choose the subject of " German smallarms 1900-1945 " you won't stand a chance....just too many of them. `

Collectors club "Eduard de Beaumont" only has about 300 active members.

Original Blackpowder weapons are free, as long as they are original and not a modern replica.

Deactived weapons; shotguns and boltaction rifles are o.k. , as long as they are deactived by a gunsmith.
Handguns and semi- and Full automatic weapons may only be had when they are seperated in half through the entire lenght of the weapon.
This is usually done with wire- EDM.

To keep your sportshooters permit, you have to attend to range at least 18 times a year, it doesn't matter which weapon you use of the 5 weapons you may own.
If you fire only one, and never ever fire the other 4, that's your decision.

Hope this answers your questions a bit.