Scrapping firearms.

[B&W FOX]

Handed a rifle in over the counter and done a one-to-one request at the sametime.

 

[ApexOrdnance]

You'll no doubt have a reference or evidence to suggest that "they" sell surrendered firearms on?

I worked with two forces Firearms Departments and they would send absolutely anything from their seized and surrendered stores direct to a furnace for destruction. It was pointed out that a lot of non-licenced kit was being unnecessarily destroyed, such as scopes, slips, bipods etc which would have realised significant revenue if auctioned off like lost property is, but the response was emphatically "The force will not be seen to supply anything firearms related."

Sussex Police Auctions have a very lucrative ebay shop a sell many scopes, slips etc. One of my saved sellers. Plenty of bargains to be had.

 

[ApexOrdnance]

Sussex Police Auctions have a very lucrative ebay shop a sell many scopes, slips etc. One of my saved sellers. Plenty of bargains to be had.

Sussex Police Auctions | eBay Stores. Giving up my sources but here we go.

 

[enfieldspares]

Sussex Police Auctions | eBay Stores. Giving up my sources but here we go.

Wow! That's really generous to give that up! As you say there's lots there and even on the first page a collector's selection of cartridge boxes. Thank you.

 

[MAH]

Can anyone confirm

I did it last year in Cheshire.

To ensure there was no excitement, I left it in the car, went to the desk and explained what I wanted to do. Then fetched it from the car.

You get a receipt from the desk, akin to a RFD, which you send to your FLO as usual.

M

 

[ApexOrdnance]

Wow! That's really generous to give that up! As you say there's lots there and even on the first page a collector's selection of cartridge boxes. Thank you.

They normally sell job lots of scopes in unknown condition no doubt confiscated from some unsavoury characters. You could usually pick 5 or 6 up for 30-40 quid with rings (worth it if only for the rings) but them seem to have got wise to that and now the rings are generally gone.

 

[Tf223]

Kent firearms licensing said to take a shotgun to the local station. The station took it and competed my certificate to confirm transfer to Kent Police - the reception weren’t overly keen as the FEOs should apparently sort, but they did take it for disposal with no hint that they wouldn’t

 

[andyk]

I asked West Mids about destroying one myself. Their answer was that's a non-starter (I even offered to keep the pieces to show the FEO at my renewal). Their alternative suggestion was to phone 101 and find an open station and they'd take it off me.

I luckily found a friendly RFD who took it off me without charge.

The only issue I have heard of with handing them in is that they include surrendered legal firearms within their stats for "guns removed from the street".

 

[Scuffy]

Hampshire Police suggested I keep hold of the firearms to be scrapped until I had my next visit from FLO, who then took them away.

 

[tonyshooter]

Very recently, a pal contacted firearms licencing at SYP in respect of surrendering a .22LR rifle.

They arranged for him to take it to a police station ( by appointment ) where it was surrendered to reception and a receipt was provided.

The very same day firearms licencing contacted him to confirm their records had been updated.

 

[enfieldspares]

I handed in a Monadnock baton and a non-metallic knife and a push dagger when the law changed. I put them in a heavy duty plastic construction box which I then taped shut with two bands (one each end) of three layers of masking tape leaving a tag on each for the desk officers to pull so as to unwrap it. Called, made an appointment, took it in placed it on the desk and stepped back. They seemed happy and three weeks later the Home Office paid me out. This to cover my arse for the walk from where the car was parked to the police station.

 

[8x57]

Kent firearms licensing said to take a shotgun to the local station. The station took it and competed my certificate to confirm transfer to Kent Police - the reception weren’t overly keen as the FEOs should apparently sort, but they did take it for disposal with no hint that they wouldn’t

I'm curious what do you mean when you say they "completed my certificate"?

 

[Pedro]

There was a case in Durham where firearms that had been surrendered and were intended for destruction were being sold illegally by people within the force, they ended up doing time.

In my previous life, the most frequent way for a police officer to get into trouble was with property. Often (but not always of course) inadvertently by doing such things as counting money wrongly, mistakenly mislaying/losing items, giving property back to the wrong person, failing to record property properly, the list was endless. and of course, there were always the very occasional "wrong 'un" who would steal given an opportunity. Thankfully not many, but they served to tar everyone with the same brush.

I despair that in the news the calibre of police officers seems to have fallen of late, where vetting procedures appear to be letting in applicants with criminal convictions! I can only hope that this isn't too widespread and is soon sorted. This sort of thing didn't used to happen to the extent that even a couple of minor motoring matters would usually get an applicant rejected. I still maintain that the majority of police officers are good, honest people who want to genuinely benefit society. But the reports of dishonesty, misogyny, racism and in the worst cases murderous police officers are worrying. I suppose we can take heart from the fact when those police officers are brought to book it's still newsworthy.

Maybe it's the press over-reporting or maybe it's just standards in society have dropped. The number of Members of Parliament who have criminal convictions and are still committing crime is maybe a reflection of this.

 

[Zxrtom]

Not sure whether it will help but about 2 years ago North Yorkshire accepted firearms (I dropped an old semi that had a barrel defect in) and they accepted it with no problems in Northallerton

 

[Kjf]

I asked this question because I was told by an RFD that in Manchester you must wait for an amnesty.
I will call the firearms admin section.
Thanks for all replies, Ken.
PS. Update: Just called GMP and advised to call police station before handing guns in.
They will take them but they don't like doing it because it costs them.
Ken.

Or just take them into your RFD,

I did this last month ,

No charge , and paperwork issued on the spot

Kjf

 

[kenbro]

Or just take them into your RFD,

I did this last month ,

No charge , and paperwork issued on the spot

Kjf

One RFD in Lancashire wanted £25 per gun to take them off my license for scrapping.
K.

 

[enfieldspares]

In my previous life, the most frequent way for a police officer to get into trouble was with property. Often (but not always of course) inadvertently by doing such things as counting money wrongly, mistakenly mislaying/losing items, giving property back to the wrong person, failing to record property properly, the list was endless. and of course, there were always the very occasional "wrong 'un" who would steal given an opportunity. Thankfully not many, but they served to tar everyone with the same brush.

Now. Here's a true story. Once upon a time I knew a girl, black British, who told me the tale of her sister. I am happy to report that I never met this sister. Just so you know. Her sister was stopped coming back from Jamaica. Her bags were searched and a quantity of cannabis was found. She was arrested and remanded into custody. After the usual interviews and etc. a fuller and further set of charges are laid (once the items in the back are weighed and photographed) and her brief visits her in prison to prepare her defence. He tells her she's been charged with illegal importation of five kilograms of cannabis. To which she, so the tale goes, tells her brief this, "It wasn't five kilos it was ten kilos. Go back and tell them that and that I will say so in Court." A few days later she is told she's to be released and all charges are being dropped. As "the evidence" had apparently now been either lost or "accidentally destroyed". Go figure.

 

[reiver]

Handed a few guns in over the years to the police
Chopped the stocks of the. Sxs first . Great wood for making knife handles . Also flattered the barrels with a mash hammer .
I cut half way through the receiver and bolt on a couple of old Ph and midland rifles as well .
Just in case .

 

[Kjf]

One RFD in Lancashire wanted £25 per gun to take them off my license for scrapping.
K.

Robbing beggars , the rfd I deal with , did it on the spot , no charge , no mither ,

But I do use him as my go to RFD , for ammo etc , and have done for the last 30'years

Kjf

 

[Pedro]

Now. Here's a true story. Once upon a time I knew a girl, black British, who told me the tale of her sister. I am happy to report that I never met this sister. Just so you know. Her sister was stopped coming back from Jamaica. Her bags were searched and a quantity of cannabis was found. She was arrested and remanded into custody. After the usual interviews and etc. a fuller and further set of charges are laid (once the items in the back are weighed and photographed) and her brief visits her in prison to prepare her defence. He tells her she's been charged with illegal importation of five kilograms of cannabis. To which she, so the tale goes, tells her brief this, "It wasn't five kilos it was ten kilos. Go back and tell them that and that I will say so in Court." A few days later she is told she's to be released and all charges are being dropped. As "the evidence" had apparently now been either lost or "accidentally destroyed". Go figure.

Haha. As Alice (In Wonderland) would say: "Curiouser and curiouser".