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Re: Dealer shops LBR owner to police over loose balance rod
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:45 am
by Hunter87
This is crazy was there really any need to report this to the police surly a quiet word with the owner would have sorted the problem.
Re: Dealer shops LBR owner to police over loose balance rod
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:12 am
by TattooedGun
yes, it's crazy, however, if the RFD suspected that the rod was removed, and that it was only temporarily attached to the pistol for "working on" by the RFD, perhaps it was the right thing to do by reporting them...? We don't have all the facts, we don't even know who the RFD was, or the owner of the firearm, and we still only have hearsay about what was wrong with it.
Could be the right thing to do, could be that the RFD is just anti-LBP and jeopardised his reputation for a personal vendetta. It's all speculation.
Re: Dealer shops LBR owner to police over loose balance rod
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:29 am
by breacher
Or even PROTECTING his RFD if he had reason to believe he was being set up / integrity tested !!
Re: Dealer shops LBR owner to police over loose balance rod
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:35 am
by Gaz
breacher wrote:Or even PROTECTING his RFD if he had reason to believe he was being set up / integrity tested !!
That might be one reason. It's not unknown for cops in search of headlines and funding to try and entrap RFDs.
Re: Dealer shops LBR owner to police over loose balance rod
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:01 pm
by TattooedGun
We also don't know if there were any other factors involved.
Imagine if you will a punter comes into an RFD, starts asking questions about the best way to cut down barrels and re-crown, specifically pistols. Then produces this Long Barrel pistol with a wobbly-stick and asks if the RFD can do some work on it - what work - who knows?
There may be extenuating circumstances surrounding why the RFD felt the need to contact the police. I do love a good speculation though...
Re: Dealer shops LBR owner to police over loose balance rod
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:21 pm
by zanes
Haven't we been here before with A-max and V-max?
Re: Dealer shops LBR owner to police over loose balance rod
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:45 pm
by saddler
zanes wrote:Haven't we been here before with A-max and V-max?
Not QUITE the same scenario...but sort of, which is why I mentioned the overzealous RFD causing the Mosin Nagant "OFFENSIVE WEAPON ATTACHED" bayonet
problems: STILL fail to see HOW a fitted bayonet is an issue in Scotland but not the rest of the UK though!!
Re: Dealer shops LBR owner to police over loose balance rod
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:52 pm
by TomH
Question, if I may. How are rods normally attached so as to conform with the law?
Re: Dealer shops LBR owner to police over loose balance rod
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 1:04 pm
by Blackstuff
IIRC my Taurus' coathangar went into a hold in the back of the frame and was pinned through the side and welded on the pin and hole
Re: Dealer shops LBR owner to police over loose balance rod
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 1:30 pm
by TomH
Blackstuff wrote:IIRC my Taurus' coathangar went into a hold in the back of the frame and was pinned through the side and welded on the pin and hole
Thanks, so it's rather more "belt and braces" than say acceptable methods of attaching a crimped tube in an auto/pump shotgun. One of which is Loctite albeit of the industrial strength type IIRC.