4, 5, 6 or 7 cartridges are permitted, as are crossbows and bows using bolts and arrows with a cutting diameter of at least 22 mm (7/8”). Retour à la référence de la note numéro 4ġ0, 12, 16 or 20-gauge shotguns using shotgun shells between 2.50 and 3.40 mm in diameter, and muzzle-loading and breech-loading rifles and shotguns using shot between 2.50 and 3.40 mm are also permitted. The use of a crossbow for hunting is prohibited in zones 17, 22, 23 and 24. Retour à la référence de la note numéro 3 Retour à la référence de la note numéro 2ĭuring the white-tailed deer hunting season for shotguns, muzzle-loading firearms, crossbows and bows, black powder and modern powder firearms are permitted only if they are single-barrel. Retour à la référence de la note numéro 1ĭuring the moose hunting season for muzzle-loading firearms, crossbows and bows in zones 1, 2 and 10 east and in the Dumoine, Kipawa, Maganasipi and Restigo ZECs in zone 13, black powder and modern powder firearms are permitted only if they are single-barrel. The bolt must be at least 40 cm (16”) long, including the tip.Īrrows and bolts must have a cutting diameter of at least 22 mm (7/8”) 30)īows with a torque of at least 18 kg (40 lb.), within a draw of 0 to 71 cm (28 “)Ĭrossbows Lire le contenu de la note numéro 3Ĭrossbows with a torque of at least 54 kg (120 lb.) and equipped with a safety catch. Muzzle-loading Lire le contenu de la note numéro 2 or breech-loading rifles and shotguns, without a casing, of a gauge or calibre equal to or greater than 11 mm (.45), used with slugs or shot equal to or greater than 7.6 mm in diameter (1 Buck or SG or. Muzzle-loading Lire le contenu de la note numéro 1 or breech-loading rifles and shotguns, without a casing, of a gauge or calibre equal to or greater than 12.7 mm (.50), used with a single bullet Many other modern firearms, including handguns, have rifled barrels more precisely, a rifle is a long-barreled gun with such grooves.Rifles of a calibre equal to or greater than 6 mm (.243): centre-file cartridgesġ0- or 12-gauge shotguns used with slug cartridgesġ0, 12, 16 or 20 –gauge shotguns used with shells loaded with slugs or shot of a diameter equal to or greater than 7.6 mm (1 Buck or SG or. The article also defined a rifle as a firearm with grooves on its barrel walls. 18, 2012: This article originally stated that grips and mounts can modify the power of a semi-automatic gun (they modify the ease of use) that machine guns are mounted to a wall or rail (they often are, but not always) that a pistol is a firearm with a single, nonrevolving chamber (some pistols are, but not all) that no revolvers are semi-automatic (none are fully automatic) and that James Holmes bought his weapons on the Internet (he bought his ammunition on the Internet). In the Aurora shooting, James Holmes used an AR-15 which he had purchased legally from gun stores and ammunition that he had purchased on the Internet.* Certain models were proscribed under the 2004 ban, but myriad loopholes allowed slightly modified versions of the gun to be sold legally. His mother, Nancy Lanza, acquired the gun legally. Lanza’s specific model was a Bushmaster M4 Type Carbine, using several magazines of 30 bullets each. Rifles can be single action, semi-automatic, or fully automatic.*ĪR-15: The semi-automatic rifle Adam Lanza used as his primary weapon. Rifle: Long-barreled firearms with a groove carved into the barrel walls to give bullets spin.