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Kris
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weppensfound this in a DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION book from 2002
2.31 Section 7(2) of the 1988 Act provides
that a weapon which:
a) has at any time since the coming into
force of section 2 of the 1988 Act (which
required a firearm certificate for certain
types of shot gun) been a section 1
weapon; or
b) would at any previous time have been such
a weapon had the 1988 Act been in force,
shall, if it has, or at any time has had, a rifled
barrel of less than 24 inches be a section 1
firearm, irrespective of any work done to
convert it into a shot gun or an air weapon.
2.32 However, section 7(3) of the 1988 Act
exempts from the provisions of section 7(2)
any firearm where the barrel has been
shortened by a registered firearms dealer for
the sole purpose of replacing part of it so as
to produce a barrel not less than 24 inches
in length. This allows firearms dealers to cut
off from a rifled barrel which is 24 inches
or greater in length a damaged or worn part,
drill out the rifling from the remaining part
of the barrel and add a smooth-bored section
so as to produce a barrel not less than 24
inches in length. This exemption refers only
to guns that have at some time had barrels
less than 24 inches in length solely by virtue
of such work having been carried out by a
registered firearms dealer. Guns which have
at any time had a barrel less than 24 inches
in length for some other reason cannot
benefit from this exemption even if they are
subsequently shortened again by a registered
firearms dealer for the purpose stated. This
covers the conversion of firearms and does
not impinge on the destruction of a firearm
by a dealer cutting it into pieces, including
the barrels.
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jonboy
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Kris what is this post about 
The firearms act has been updated this may not be right 
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Jacko
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Weppens? (weapons)
Im sorry but Ive got to agree with Jon, maybe im missing the point, but its is hard to see the reason for this post -that looks to be a straight cut & paste from a website that may well be out of date. Apart from the quality of information available from the numbers of knowledgable members of this group, there has already been lots of other posts and good advice on the forum related to the law regarding firearms including de-activated and the impact upon replica weapons from the more recent VCR bill.
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ade85
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| Jacko wrote: | Weppens? (weapons)
Im sorry but Ive got to agree with Jon, maybe im missing the point, but its is hard to see the reason for this post -that looks to be a straight cut & paste from a website that may well be out of date. Apart from the quality of information available from the numbers of knowledgable members of this group, there has already been lots of other posts and good advice on the forum related to the law regarding firearms including de-activated and the impact upon replica weapons from the more recent VCR bill. |
Almost to the point of boring 
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