On the proofing thing, so am I right in thinking I would need to get it serviced/resotored and tested before I could take possesion of it? (assuming I had a license by then?) If so what might be a ball park figure?
the Reading firearms officer (got the pangbourne one coming to visit me next week as it happens) seems like a nice chap on the phone btw. AA, if you can get any photos of it i know some people locally who i think could help working out a value, details etc etc 🙂
Unless my father put all the money he had into the gun and more I doubt its worth anything.
My father once bought a shotgun for a tenner - it had Holland and Holland scribbled on it....
... so you never know.
Firstly, because the Home Office guidance - [SNIP] - officer in question entertains "genuine doubts".
I always understood that that BASC guidance had been tested in court, to the extreme embarrassment of the chief officer in question...
(I admit, this was a few years ago, so the HO guidance likely to have changed to reflect - but I dont think that the primary legisaltion has changed???)
On the proofing thing, so am I right in thinking I would need to get it serviced/resotored and tested before I could take possesion of it? (assuming I had a license by then?) If so what might be a ball park figure?
Doubtful unless it's a blunderbuss.
I've not come across proofing as an issue for modern hammerless breech loaders...
Had a few black powder guns in the family where it has been an issue - pitting due to the corrosive nature of black powder burning
TuckerUK - Member
To reactivate a gun so deactivated you'd need proper workshop facilities, and original (FAC only) parts to repair it.
I'm at a bit of a loss as to understand what components of a shotgun require a FAC??? 😯
anagallis_arvensis - Member
On the proofing thing, so am I right in thinking I would need to get it serviced/resotored and tested before I could take possesion of it? (assuming I had a license by then?) If so what might be a ball park figure?
No - proof is only to show it is safe to use nothing to do with ownership. Re-proofing is about £40-50. Send to proofhouse (Birmingham) they fire a whopping big charge through it, if gun is still in one piece then it passes proof.
I'm prob very near you, lots of experience, happy to help further in person or email / phone etc if you want. Can recommend a good local gunsmith who would take a look and tell you what you've got. Mail in profile.
Firstly, because the Home Office guidance (if correctly quoted) seems to describe a rebuttable presumption in favour of granting a shotgun certificate, not a rebuttable presumption against granting one.
I stand corrected, said the man in the orthopaedic shoes. I'm surprised at BASC making such a basic error...
Went to view the house we are thinking of buying with a builder today and **** me if it hasnt got a gun box bolted to the wall!
