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In many respects mad to collect such a collection outside the protection of an RFD / Section 1 - 5 etc as now many rare firearms will get chopped up melted down & lost to history. But demonstrates how many firearms can be obtained if you know where to look in GB.

....... wonder how many were live firing vs deact, imitation & air? Do police ever publish a detailed inventory of such raids?

It's a shame that some of those will get destroyed. Some interesting looking firearms... Especially that LAW!

Oops!! Sorry for duplicate post.

463, eh! Hmm .... I wonder if I'll get away with that many variations?

AJSawyer wrote:It's a shame that some of those will get destroyed. Some interesting looking firearms... Especially that LAW!

I had an interesting debate with the police some years ago about the legalities of a LAW (and a number of other interesting items) it was touch and go at one stage whether I would keep my certificate
Common sense eventually prevailed

pe4king wrote:

AJSawyer wrote:It's a shame that some of those will get destroyed. Some interesting looking firearms... Especially that LAW!

I had an interesting debate with the police some years ago about the legalities of a LAW (and a number of other interesting items) it was touch and go at one stage whether I would keep my certificate
Common sense eventually prevailed

Nowt wrong with a LAW as long as it has the de-act certificate...

hitchphil wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-35611810

....... wonder how many were live firing vs deact, imitation & air? Do police ever publish a detailed inventory of such raids?

Never seen any breakdown but have seen loads of TV reports about the number of guns collected showing any load of rubbish. ISTR a FoI request for the breakdown was refused as the police in question did not keep such information.

saddler wrote:

pe4king wrote:

AJSawyer wrote:It's a shame that some of those will get destroyed. Some interesting looking firearms... Especially that LAW!

I had an interesting debate with the police some years ago about the legalities of a LAW (and a number of other interesting items) it was touch and go at one stage whether I would keep my certificate
Common sense eventually prevailed

Nowt wrong with a LAW as long as it has the de-act certificate...

The LAW tube is deactivated as soon as its fired in effect an empty case, and no more a threat than a length of drainpipe

They've got to have paperwork though...milled cuts in the body & the like.....I'm familiar with the design (esp. after one of the DLSA ATO's almost dropped a few on my head from three floors up....normal for Didcot!!)

Explains a lot then.