Bruni Olympic .380 BBM

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

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
  1. "Home Office Reclassification of the Olympic .380 BBM Revolver - Metropolitan Police" (PDF). SCDA.org.uk.
  2. "Why They Stopped Using Real Pistols to Start Olympic Races". www.mentalfloss.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. Editor, Crime. "Starting pistol, Olympic .38BB used in gang warfare to be banned". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 22 May 2020.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  4. "Amnesty for Bruni Olympic .380 BBM blank firing revolver". Dorset Police. Retrieved 12 August 2013.


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