| lancaster |
| (.470 member) |
| 13/09/25 08:16 PM |
whats happen with shotguns in britain
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I see this holts auction https://www.holtsauctioneers.com/asp/sea...sale_no=I2025++
and its allmost full with this stuff "THE STOCK, ACTION AND FORE-END ONLY OF A"
if you look into this you find allways the same text "Please note that guns sold as Stock, Action and Fore-end only are sold without barrels. The original barrels may be available for sleeving purposes, but will only be released cut in the approved manner as per Proof House guidelines. Please note there is a charge of £10 per item for this service. Please note Stock, Action & Fore-end guns are sold as licensable items and will need to be entered onto an appropriate licence before being released. If, subsequently, licensable parts are left with Holts for destruction, a £25 handling charge will be levied"
could be the guns have no current proof marks but its hard to imagine because most of them are no vintage guns without any proof or in such a bad shape they are not safe to get a new proof anymore. in any case it would be easy to proof the guns there and give them out then.
so the british proof house in some way "confiscated" the barrels and give them only out as cut down parts.
anyone here knows what happen there?