Birmingham proof house

[Triggermortis]

 

[Ferretlurcher70]

Go on one of there tours. Not changed much

 

[Donkey Basher]

Up to £700 a pair for sporting guns

 

[finnbear270]

Reminded me of a tall wooden ship's broadside.
And proper English commentary!.

 

[ContinShots]

Go on one of there tours. Not changed much

Indeed. It rather sums up firearms in the UK and the firearms industry, the fact that the proof houses still look line something from 1910. It would also be interesting to know whether they ever fail any firearms from reputable manufacturers, because in this day and age, they should be able to make compliant barrels, cylinders etc. safely and to spec. I wonder how much 'value' is really added by proofing for anything produced by competent manufacturers these days.

 

[jb1]

The only thing thats changed now is its all in colour, even the signs on the doors are the same LOL amazing place and surrounded by 2024 constructions

 

[cooksey]

Go on one of there tours. Not changed much

I didn't realise they did tours

 

[enfieldspares]

Indeed. It rather sums up firearms in the UK and the firearms industry, the fact that the proof houses still look line something from 1910. It would also be interesting to know whether they ever fail any firearms from reputable manufacturers, because in this day and age, they should be able to make compliant barrels, cylinders etc. safely and to spec. I wonder how much 'value' is really added by proofing for anything produced by competent manufacturers these days.

A make work scheme for the otherwise unemployable if you used to see some of the folk that worked there in the 1980s. A shotgun barrel on a thick walled gun, like a Greener GP, wears a couple of thousandths of an inch from .729 to .731 and it is "out of proof" yet a rifle barrel can be eroded by the same couple of thousandths of an inch on, say, a thin walled Winchester 92 from .427 to .429 and it is still OK? The logic of the lunatic asylum and the Proof Act regulations are almost writ on the same page.

 

[cjm1066]

We screw vut 22r/f for generations with no problems and still opennup chokes with no reproof.

Now we should proof c/f if we thread them!

 

[kenbro]

They don’t have to have rifles etc. proofed in America.
Kb.

 

[cooksey]

We screw vut 22r/f for generations with no problems and still opennup chokes with no reproof.

Now we should proof c/f if we thread them!

I don't think you do? My .270 was done recently no mention of sending it away!

 

[Chill 123]

I didn't realise they did tours

Hi Cooksey
they take up to 10 at a time , the last time I went it cost £22 per person ,
Chill

 

[cjm1066]

One unproved CF gunsmith happy to screw cut. Other Norman Clarke sent it for proof.

 

[JockStalk]

One unproved CF gunsmith happy to screw cut. Other Norman Clarke sent it for proof.

Surely the former was the barrel unproved not the smith? Or were you going to send him to Birmingham?

 

[cjm1066]

Sorry the barrle was proofed, it wasn't sent for reproof when it was threaded.

 

[aris]

Hi Cooksey
they take up to 10 at a time , the last time I went it cost £22 per person ,
Chill

It is £200 for 1-10 people - so costs less per person the more you have (up to 10)

Museum & Pattern Rooms | Birmingham Proof House

www.gunproof.com

 

[Edinburgh Rifles]

Breaking guns since 1951….

 

[Dave_45]

Breaking guns since 1951….

I believe George faulds was a great believer that proofing a gun wasn’t the “best” for a new barrel.
He believed it incurred unnecessary damage

 

[Edinburgh Rifles]

we have had triggers broken off, safety catches broken off, barrel bands studs broken, scratches,,,,,,,,etc etc

 

[aris]

we have had triggers broken off, safety catches broken off, barrel bands studs broken, scratches,,,,,,,,etc etc

Which proof house did you send them to?