Since semi-automatic centrefire pistols and rifles are classified as Section 5 firearms it is not possible to apply the LBR design principals to existing centrefire pistols as they all employ a semi-automatic action. However, semi-automatic rimfire rifles are permitted, so with the growing popularity of LBR’s it was't long before the rimfire Long Barrelled Pistol (LBP) was created.
The first LBP’s were converted from .22LR Browning Buckmark rifles. Stocks were removed and replaced by a counter-balance rod, allowing them to be shot like pistols.
More recently the growing market has encouraged manufacturers to create many new LBP’s for the UK based on pistols originally designed as .22LR models (such as the 1911 TSC shown above). All are magazine fed, so they will hold more rounds than a revolver and magazine changes are much faster for most of us than using speed loaders. The challenges of shooting LBR and LBP are subtly different and each may suit a different user.
As with the LBR a LBP will generally have a wide range of potential modifications available and again a belt, holster and magazine pouches will be needed for competition use.
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UKPSA run the British LBF championships which includes a division for LBP. The monthly WNSC Mini-Rifle competition has an additional class for LBP which is shot after the Mini-Rifle stages are complete.