Any weapon coming from the UK will have a Birmingham Proof House de-activation certificate and have the proof house stamp on it, the gun laws here are very severe with a four (may be five) year jail sentence mandatory. Even a major part of what was made as a gun is regarded as a complete and fireable weapon by the law.

Even air guns are only permitted at 12 ft/lbs of muzzle energy and so to be safe you probably only get 10. . . . . . . .

Not commonly known but even the vehicle smoke dischargers are a "gun" here and require official de-activation; the slot they put in them is commonly filled with car body filler, or I see now alloy or resin replicas are available. With six on a Ferret you could have a very long stay inside at Her Majesty's Pleasure.

Read the 212 pages of law for yourself!!!!
http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/news...ion%20stamp%22

There are two "standards" of de-act, the earlier allows the mechanism to be manually operated but the later has everything welded shut. You will find in both cases the chamber has a hard pin welded across it and is slot cut longitudinally for some 1.5 case lengths, the barrel will have a full length, tight fitting rod welded in also.

The bolt will have its face ground off at 45º and the firing pin missing, gas operated weapons will be missing the piston, removeable barrels will be welded and pinned to the body.

Broadly they do such a job on them that making a complete new one from nothing is "easier" than attempting a "re-act", but it is unlikely that the UK spec and certification, severe as it may be, is recognised elsewhere.

Only criminals are allowed guns here.

R.