UK Illegal arms find.

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[Little J]

The l85 that was shown had an l86 rear grip, I'm wondering if it was real or airsoft.

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[marktigger]

wonder if they are live or deactivated?

[RunningStrong]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... apons.html

The Telegraph used the metric "coach load of terrorists". He also had 14 legal firearms, that's quite a number in itself!

[seaspear]

In the Australian gun buy back after the Port Arthur murders there was all sorts nanded in including a mortar used by a farmer to clear kangaroos fron the paddock ,some were kept for the Imperial war museum most were destroyed, included in the rifles sent to the museum were rare examples of the .303 converted to automatic, for which the owner was paid very well.

[Cooper]

including a mortar used by a farmer to clear kangaroos fron the paddock

That's a Monty Python sketch right there...imagine the outrage

[seaspear]

There were stories of little old ladies coming in by tram to hand in their late hubbies rifles wrapped in a blanket ,and the the person estimating their value would find these to be fully loaded .

[marktigger]

yes and people bring weapons in to hand in to the police have in the past been arrested for posession

[JayDee]

Did it look like the scene from hot fuzz?

[seaspear]

The hand-in I was refering to in Australia was a gun buy scheme back no questions asked amnesty ,there were some very generous prices paid ,so much so that there were suggestions some were being imported just to be handed in

[marktigger]

10 Mannlicher rifles from the 1910's have been recovered from an Orange hall in Northern ireland I hope theses are preserved, however its unlikley as they are UVF rifles

[Little J]

Think this bloke does it with a bit more conviction...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... rmany.html

Almost 20 soldiers struggled to remove the tank from a villa on Thursday in a wealthy suburb of Kiel in northern Germany, after police searching the property discovered the tank, a torpedo, an anti-aircraft gun and other weapons in the cellar on Wednesday.

EDIT: just seen its from July 2015, but still funny as...

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The hand-in I was refering to in Australia was a gun buy scheme back no questions asked amnesty ,there were some very generous prices paid ,so much so that there were suggestions some were being imported just to be handed in

One of the most disgusting debacles in Aus history.
Not only full firearms, but "components" as well. People getting paid handsomely for firing pins, stocks, etc, etc.
There was a roaring trade at engineering companies making "bits" that vaguely resembled actual parts, just for handing in and being paid out!

All of which has affected the black-market trading, not one little bit.

[marktigger]

well with the new EU deac laws meant to be becoming law in April, the new EU firearms directive due sometime in June and ACPO pushing for more and more to be banned the in the UK soon expect to see photos and footage of senior police officers and politicians with piles of guns about to go for destruction spouting forth about how they have been taken out of the hands of criminals(no actually ordinary citizens who have had the law changed on them) and its making the streets safer. But when the crime figures come out there will be a brief rise (as law abiding people are caught out) no noticible long term difference in the stastics.

[seaspear]

I saw some fifty calibre parts that looked lik they had been at the bottom of a dam for fifty years, even a gun for launching ship to ship lines was destroyed ,rare mid nineteenth century winchester repeating rifles very collectable destroyed money was paid out for their destruction even cleaning kits

[marktigger]

there is a real drive by the looks of it against deactivated weapons at present

[marktigger]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/ri ... 26126.html

weapons being smuggled in from eastern europe

[JayDee]

REVEALED: Incredible arsenal of weapons collected by a gun-obsessed war veteran, 78, including a Tommy gun in a violin case and a MISSILE

Harry Jones, 78, jailed for two years over his huge stash of illegal weapons
Collection included a Tommy gun, shells, missiles and nine handguns
Army lorry needed to remove the horde from his Greater Manchester home

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... SSILE.html

[SKB]

Maybe he was a retired 00 agent who forgot to return his 'tools' ?!

[marktigger]

some of the weapons were recovered .303 Machineguns from crashed aircraft so grave robbing! but with some work from an armourer (which he was) you can do this!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15660438