Advice needed

[NickG]

Hi There, My father died a couple of years back, and left a Colt navy six shooter black powder.My brother purchased this new for him when he lived in the states in the early eighties. The store he bought it from"de activated" it for him by putting a lump of lead in the barrel, it has never been shot. So my question is, can I just sell it on , or do I have to hand it in to the police given there is no fac.It seems a shame as its brand new.

[farmer7]

If all that has really been done to "deactivate" it is a lump of lead put in the barrel it is an illegally held section 1 firearm I should imagine. If it has been done properly and proofed as such by one of the proof houses then no problem and sell on as you please.

You could take it to your local RFD and get him to put it on his register or go to your FEO and explain the situation. Then sell it on as a Section 1 firearm once the lead is removed or have it deactivated properly and sell it on.

[tacfoley]

Providing that you hand it in - as is - to an RFD with the lump of leaf in situ, and do not intend of have the intent to profit from the event, then you do not have to have it proofed at your expense. By handing it over as such, you will, in law, relinquish any rights you might have from its sale, as you are, right now, illegally possessing a Section 1 firearm that just happens to have what amounts to a bullet stuck in the bore. The penalties for this HEINOUS offence of having an illegal BP revolver are very serious indeed, make no mistake about it. As is well-known, there is daily wholesale slaughter being carried out by drug gangs using such fearsome weapons of mass destruction [sarcasm off].

The dealer WILL have to have it proofed before he can sell it on as a commercial transaction in accordance with the Proof Acts. YOU cannot do it. IF he subsequently chooses to make you a donation out of the kindness of his heart [yeah, right], then that is between you and him but there must not, at this moment, be any hint of you benefitting financially from handing it in, in accordance with the law.

tac

[Rollo]

Is it an original or a modern copy ? If its original (i.e. antique) you don't have to do anything and no licencing is required unless you intend to shoot it.

[tacfoley]

Is it an original or a modern copy ? If its original (i.e. antique) you don't have to do anything and no licencing is required unless you intend to shoot it.

That, of course, is perfectly true.

tac

[farmer7]

I'd assume its a modern repro as he says it was purchased new in the eighties. If it was original I'd bite his arm of to have it in new condition!