Shooting Spain

This explains what weapons are in each category mentioned in the Licences page. The translation into English is followed by the original text in Spanish which has been italicised.

Categoria 1a & 2a

Short firearms, Long firearms with rifled barrel

Categoria 3a

Long firearms with rifled barrels for sports shooting, Shotguns, Airguns which have a muzzle energy in excess of 24.2 joules.

Categoria 4a & 5a

Rifles and pistols, operated by compressed air

Edged weapons,  Knives or machetes

Categoria 6a

Antique or historic firearms

Categoria 7a

Crossbows, Bows, Blank firing and flare-guns

The above is to give you some idea of each category, check each firearms category for further details