Antiques on/off ticket.

[markH]

I think that was more to do with conversions. They used to get up to all sorts of tricks to convert section 1 to shotgun cert, i.e. extending and smoothboring barrels.... you used to be able to get a bren gun on section 2 but I think that has gone by the board now.

These days if it started life as section 1 it remains there from here to eternity.

I would assume the many lee enfields that were converted had to have their magazines restricted and welded in place when the 3 shot rule came in.

[mag44uk]

I put a martini henry on fac then took it off at next renewal. Sold it with no problem.

[enfield2band]

You can transfer an antique muzzleloader onto your gun license. If it is smoothbore it goes on the SGC, if it is rifled it goes on the FAC.
Put it on the respective certificate and inform the police. Send them a copy of the details the gun (they may want to know its provenance), and send them a photostat copy of your license where it has been put on.
Put "from my collection" where it would normally be filled in by a dealer if you bought a certificated gun.

When (if) you decide not to use it anymore it can revert back to Section 52 as antique/curio.
Do the same and inform the police of what you have done and show it cancelled on the certificate.

Some police forces will tell you that once a gun (antique) is put on a license it cannot revert back to antique status. This is not true.
It does not state this anywhere in he firearms act.

[Otley]

If you put an obsolete calibre antique on to your FAC, does it need to be in a locked cabinet?

[tony1]

I brought a M43 1871 mauser some years ago put it on my firearm cert shot it for few a
years then took it off and sold it (much to my later regret ?) with no problem.

[TA6319]

I was led to believe that you could not now write on your own licence regarding antiques going on or off.
Best to ask your own licencing department, as there is some variation between forces

[enfield2band]

I was led to believe that you could not now write on your own licence regarding antiques going on or off.
Best to ask your own licencing department, as there is some variation between forces

Who would do it if you don't?

I have put two on my FAC without any problem.
I shoot blackpowder with a number of other people and we all do it.
It is important to stay withing he confines of the law.
So long as you follow the correct procedure and inform the police, when you put one on or take one off, there is not a problem.

[enfield2band]

If you put an obsolete calibre antique on to your FAC, does it need to be in a locked cabinet?

Yes. It comes under the same rules as all firearms.

[Lawyersden]

If you put an obsolete calibre antique on to your FAC, does it need to be in a locked cabinet?

Yes because it’s fac registered.

[BaskervilleDog]

Yes because it’s fac registered.

And all of a sudden it's on the Police Data Base...

[DesG]

And all of a sudden it's on the Police Data Base...

That’s the one. One quick change in the law and you’ve lost it.