Cyprus
Air Rifles are covered by Cypriot law 113-1-2004 which is the same law that covers all firearm possession and are classified in the same category as break-action shotguns.
All air rifles must be registered to the owner at the local police station. Only persons without criminal record over the age of 18 are allowed to register and possess firearms including air rifles. When an air rifle is sold on, a transfer application must be made at the local police station.
Only rifles of calibre .177 / 4.5 mm are allowed, any other calibre is strictly forbidden. Only air guns that are legally classified as rifles are allowed. Pistols are forbidden unless they are for Olympic sport and conform to Olympic specifications. In order to acquire a pistol for Olympic sports, the owner must be a member of the Cyprus Shooting Sport Federation and have a written statement from them in order to be allowed to import the pistol.
Air rifles may have either folding or adjustable stock and there is no minimum or maximum barrel or rifle length but they must be legally classified as rifles. There is no power limit or muzzle velocity restrictions on air rifles (no FAC limitations). Air rifles can be PCP or spring powered and can be either single shot or magazine fed. Semi-automatics are allowed, provided that only one pellet leaves the barrel on each pull of the trigger. Fully automatic air rifles are not allowed.
In order to combat poaching – lasers, torches and suppressors are also forbidden. Air rifle owners are allowed to use a muzzle break on the end of the barrel provided that it was not designed to function in the same capacity as a suppressor or dampen the gun's report.
People found in possession silencers and / or unregistered air rifles are criminally prosecuted under the same laws that cover the illegal possession and transportation of firearms and explosives.
With regards to hunting with an air rifle, the current law the law states that air rifles can only be used for target shooting so shooting any live animal with an airgun is forbidden.
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