importing deactivated weapon

[polemass]

hi all-so,no licence required for possession of deactivated guns but how it works in real world if I will bring a gun from Germany with certificate in English?Do I have to tell Customs,send it to proof house or just do nothing?have a look on www.zib-militaria.de and maybe you will find something too-thanks,jb

[snayperskaya]

From what I can gather zib won't ship deactivated firearms to the UK

Edit....from their website;

"We do not ship deactivated weapons to UK, Netherlands, Danmark and Poland and generally no shipping outside the EU!"

[polemass]

yes,but I have friends in Hamburg and family member in Prague,you can pay by credit card and send there-so,back to main question pls

[saddler]

Is the deactivation done to UK specification?
If not then technically you may end up attempting to bring on a Section 5 gun.
...not an exercise likely to end well

[snayperskaya]

yes,but I have friends in Hamburg and family member in Prague,you can pay by credit card and send there-so,back to main question pls

You didn't say that in your original post, just that you were to order a deac in from Germany.If they won't ship to the UK there is obviously a reason.
I believe German deacs arent done to the same spec as UK deacs and and will usually field strip,cock and dryfire.

[snayperskaya]

Just looked at a Polish AKMS on their site, its still got a full auto trigger group and a full auto bolt carrier with the gas piston still attached!!!......basically everything required to create a select fire Ak!.I would be a bit concerned about having one of these sent through the post.

[polemass]

from description German deactivation sounds pretty devastating-6 holes in barell for example-the rest also like cutted and welded,no dry fire me think-today found one gun on gunstar.co.uk listed with this specs but price tag multiplied by 3...???!!!so the question is more about procedure-if someone done it-is it non event or more like waking the dragon...if I can have it for 125£ why pay to someone 375£?

[snayperskaya]

Looking at the AKMS pics again it looks as though the auto sear is welded to the hammer so it won't dry fire.The deac spec looks pretty comprehensive but I wouldn't like to say whether Customs would let it through or not.I was asked a few questions about a Soviet night vision scope I was sent from Finland.

[polemass]

I was planning to bring it by myself from continent-coming back from hollys this summer-and be prepared to answer all questions if asked

[saddler]

If travelling by ferry deactivated guns need to be declared and checked by customs to ensure that they meet uk spec.

Had it done several times when travelling to/from Normandy over the last 25 years or so.

As an admin. exercise it's easier travelling by ferry with a live firearm held on a European firearms passport.