[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

Shame that, couldn't you have got it decommissioned by a gunsmith or some such?

I have the other half as well, when I did it I informed the home office, they replyed what I had done was illegal, and I could be prosecuted, I told them to go ahead any local court would take the **** out of them, as it was now totally deactivated, I then took it to Preston Fire Arms Deptmnt with my cert & the cops were delighted to amend my certificate, they were so taken up, that tey asked if they could photo copy it, they'd neer seen out like it before.
As for gunsmiths, hoody blell, are there any, when I was curator of firearms at Fulwood, they had some fire arms they were going to put on display deactivated, when they came back I was disgusted at the workmanship and I told the top man such as well, he asked why didn't I do them, I had to point out that I had no legal coverage between Fulwood and my workshop, until they were deactivated, and I couldn't isssue deactivation certificates
He once asked me to deactivate a Maxim M08 for display, I told him that Maxims, Vickers & Lewis were the most difficult, as they were designed to be field stripped, and new parts fitted on the battle field by soldiers, and cutting holes in the barrel wont work, I could fit a new barrel in less than 3 mins, He moaned for quite a while, so I stripped it down to basics & left it on the work bench, I've not been back since