Thank you YS, I'd never given a thought to the actual legal status of what the armoury happily pass through it's hatch to me other than they're illegal outside the fence. Do the cadets still use .22 rifles before progressing to their manual fire mod L85? The only reason I could imagine a self loading weapon would be of any use to a cadet is if they're not strong enough yet to keep loading a round? The rapid single shot capability we need isn't something they should ever need?