Firearms Categories
Shotguns (Finnish: haulikko) are defined as firearms that are shoulder-fired, have a total length of at least 840 mm and a barrel of at least 400 mm, with either a smoothbore or rifled barrels and that use shotgun shells.
Rifles (Finnish: kivääri) are defined as firearms that are shoulder-fired, have a total length of at least 840 mm and a barrel of at least 400 mm, with rifled barrels and that use centerfire cartridges.
Smallbore rifles (Finnish: pienoiskivääri) are defined as rifles that use rimfire cartridges of .22 caliber only.
Pistols (Finnish: pistooli) are firearms with a total length of less than 840 mm and a barrel length of less than 400 mm, that use centerfire cartridges.
Smallbore pistols (Finnish: pienoispistooli) are pistols that fire rimfire cartridges of .22 caliber diameter.
Revolvers (Finnish: Revolveri) are firearms with a total length of less than 840 mm and a barrel length of less than 400 mm, that use centerfire cartridges loaded in a spinning cylinder.
Smallbore revolvers (Finnish: pienoisrevolveri) are revolvers that fire rimfire cartridges of .22 caliber diameter.
Combination weapons (Finnish: yhdistelmäaseet) are shoulder-fired, have a total length of at least 840 mm and a barrel of at least 400 mm, with multiple barrels and that use both rifle cartridges and shotgun shells.
Gas guns (Finnish: Kaasuaseet) are defined as firearms that use gas cartridges and that can't use any other type of cartridge.
Signal pistols are defined as firearms that use a signaling cartridge and cannot use any other kind of cartridge.
Blackpowder weapons (Finnish: Mustaruutiaseet) are defined simply as weapons that are designed and manufactured to be used only with black powder.
Other-type weapons are firearms that due to function, measurements, or other qualities are distinct from firearms in the other categories.
Pocket weapons are revolvers or smallbore revolvers that fit within a rectangle with the dimensions of 140 x 190 mm, or any other firearm that fits into a 130 x 180 mm rectangle, with the standard sight and without magazine or any removable parts that increase its dimensions.
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