Really sorry, but I thought of a couple of more questions after looking at the pictures in the link you provided.
I noticed all the rifles are bolt actions and the shotguns all appear to be pump action. Are there additional restrictions on semi automatic firearms?
Once again I’m grateful for the information.
Best,
L
Yes - I mentioned earlier the basic A/B licence. That really restricts you to non-semi-automatics, and is the only licence that is what I would call easy to get.
Any semi-automatic will require a C licence, and that's not too hard but I wouldn't call it easy - it's about the same as handgun licence (which is technically 'Category H') - but I'd say 90% or more of people never bother going above an A/B licence and so most gun shops don't carry much in the range of C category firearms - you need to go to a specialist for that and my local dealer isn't a specialist.
Most things seen as 'military style' (the 'scary black gun;) is likely to be Category D, and a D licence is genuinely hard to get. There's also a Category E but I have never heard of anything like an ordinary civilian getting a E licence. That is things like genuine machine guns and similar.