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Originally posted by FV623
No you bloody well can't. 
Have to wait a few months, apart from that I really don't think Ballard will take it out of the (heated) garage as the roads are damp and they did use salt a few weeks ago. We'll have to wait for the passing of the spring rains to wash the counryside and the weather to settle.
The gun is off too as the Proof House want to see the previously chopped off chamber, the 1/2" wide 2" slot in whats left, the 1/2" long welded-in steel plug and Ballard's made to drawing back end that never had the mechanism and bolt group.
Then he gets the official billet doux and the tiny stamp in the metal, plus no fear of a mandatory year in jail for a sect. 5 offence, that is, so long as the plod don't pull him on the way to Birmingham with the steelware as it is a gun until the Proof House say it isn't.
Mike, I've seen your MC steering wheel, nice; RB has done the restoration already.
R.
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Christ ! I can't wait to see that Steering wheel . This means some serious restoring can happen now . I was going to have to buy a whole civilian Morris truck just to rat the Steering wheel , then scrap the rest of the truck . I have a nice MCC centre boss waiting for that wheel .
That deact Ballard Polsten gun must have the authorities in a tizz
I guess 20mm is a in-between bore size and they cannot decide whether its a artillery piece or a small semi auto rifle .
I read all about Preston of the Cobbaton , and his long fight with the authorities over his museum exhibits , he spent many pounds getting things stamped . He was actually charged with a offence at one point wasnt he ? Had to go to court .
I know Centurion tank owners in NSW had to have a annual police inspection , to check the welds on the breech etc. of the large weapon .
Mike