I have had a very keen interest in World War 2 for many years now from I suppose as a child and have collected bits and bobs along the way when pocket money allowed but as a 40 something now I suppose I have a small disposable income so I have set out on a mission to collect British equipment namely weapons, up to now I've visited the two military fairs at Great Malvern and am now the proud owner of a de-activated Bren, Sten, Tommy gun, and a Lee Enfold rifle plus a couple of bayonets, not a lot but a good start in less than a year, so just wondering if there are many collectors of such things out there, any advice would be welcome regarding picking up further bits and bobs for my collection etc, I found that the price was very high for such pieces everywhere I looked on the net and I once gave up looking for real guns, instead I bought a wooden replica of a Sten for £64 quid, they must have seen me coming, if there are anyone out there who would also like to collect these item's could I recommend Ryton Arms from Retford, many will probably know of them but I found them very pleasant to deal with and their prices were without a dout very reasonable and they have an on-line shop, if anyone out there would like to discuss/swap info or anything regarding De-act's I would be pleased to hear from them especially from ex-servicemen who used these type of guns in the field, all the best all Brenfan
Does anyone know what the legal situation will be with deactivated weapns in Britain when the new laws on replica guns come in? I have heard that it will be legal to continue to own what you have, but not to transfer ownership by sale, gift or whatever. Where will it leave re-enactors?
Originally posted by angie999@Jun 15 2005, 11:20 AM Does anyone know what the legal situation will be with deactivated weapns in Britain when the new laws on replica guns come in? I have heard that it will be legal to continue to own what you have, but not to transfer ownership by sale, gift or whatever. Where will it leave re-enactors? [post=35387]Quoted post[/post] The legal situation in Scotland is different, in order to sell even deactivated weapons you must have a firearms certificate.