Im not confirming how their products are classified no. Its up to them to satisfy themselves they are acting legally. My point was more that just because someone has one listed on their FAC, that does not make it strictly legal.JSC wrote:
So you are confirming that Merkle S&W LBRs are illegal as the law stands (assuming they haven't found a way to buy frames from S&W)?
What I am saying is that my understanding of the law means that to maintain classification under Sec. 1 it would need to be made from parts that have never been previously assembled into a Sec 5 gun. If their guns have left the S&W factory as complete guns and then been made 'UK Legal' elsewhere then yes I would suggest they are not classified as Sec.1 under UK law.
Im not a lawyer though and as I said above, I recall hearing that the Anglo SLR's were deemed Sec.1 in court, so perhaps this has been done for other guns too...
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Couple of bits pulled from the 2016 guidance to police:
3.2 Those weapons and ammunition, which are prohibited, consist of:
iii) any firearm which either has a barrel less than 30 centimetres in length or is less than
60 centimetres in length overall, ... (section 5(1)(aba));
3.3 Note that the component parts of weapons falling under 5(1)(a), 5(1A)(a) or 5(1)(aba) are
also subject to section 5 controls (see also Chapter 13).
13.74 The term “component part” may be held (according to case law) as including (i) the barrel,
chamber, cylinder, (ii) frame, body or receiver, (iii) breech, block, bolt or other mechanism
for containing the charge at the rear of the chamber (iv), any other part of the firearm upon
which the pressure caused by firing the weapon impinges directly. Magazines, sights and
furniture are not considered component parts. The 9th report of the Firearms Consultative
Committee provides additional information on this subject.
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