chrismetallica1

Yup it pisses me off too. Up untill 1997 we could have any Revolver or pistol. There were loads on the market Smith and Wesson, Colt, Dan Wesson, Ruger ect.. Then the ban came in. For a few years Ruger imported long barrel Redhawks. Then they stopped . All we got now is Taurus at £700, Alfa Bruno at £650 and JTL at £4000 . I would much rather go back to the good old days but its never going to happen

Its a Taurus. I spoke to a gunsmith today who is working out a price for me for a light weight barrel. To remain UK legal the barrel must be 12". His suggestion was to make a new barrel from a section of .45 Walther loather match barrel. Then sleeve it in carbon fiber. He's working out some Ideas for me

Hi all, Just a little overview. Basically were I live England in the UK we cant own short barreld guns. So All our revolvers have a 12" barrel and a wrist brace or rod to make the gun 24" overall. Unfortunalty this make them weigh a lot and tend to be front heavy. So far I have had the wrist brace on my Taurus Model 456 swapped out for a rod with an interchangable weight system. Trying to counterbalance the heavy front end. Recently i have been looking into the idea of getting the barrel replaced with a custom light weight sleeved barrel. However someone suggested having the cylinder sorternd at the same time. I was wondering if any of you guys knew how it effects the balance of a gun altering the cylinder legnth. I was sent a couple pictures for Ideas. I cant decide if this kind of midification would shift the weight forward or back. This is the .45acp that Im going to get worked on Any info or Ideas welcome regards Chris

Airsoft, let me give you an outline at the total disaster our governement made of that one. Last year they brought a law in called VCR act (Violent Crimes Reduction act). Within this act they liscenced Airsoft The liscence conditions are so stupid. To be allowed to purchase what they class as RIF (reallistic immitation firearm) (I dont know who comes up with all these acroynimms ) You need to be UKARA registed to Skirmish. So you cant use it for target shooting, just to shoot at other people dressed like fake soldiers If you are not UKARA and you attempt to purchase one it is classed as a breech of firearms law and could land you in prison for 5 years!!! (Its a plastic toy??) A basic breakdown of the act is The Violent Crime Reduction Act (Sec.36) makes it an offence to: - Manufacture a realistic imitation firearm (RIF) - Modify an imitation firearm (IF) so it becomes a RIF - Sell a RIF - Bring a RIF in to Great Britain or cause one to be brought into Great Britain. To buy an airsoft gun in the UK as a non Skirmisher or UKARA liscence holder you have to buy what is classed as none RIF. They are low quality guns usually clear plastic or bright colourd.The exact wording of the act says (Sec38 (3) (), a gun is deemed unrealistic if the majority (i.e. +50%) is in a bright colour. Acceptable colours detailed in the act are - bright red - bright orange - bright yellow - bright green - bright pink & - bright purple - Clear The whole thing is way OTT

Nope theres no way of owning one for competition. They dont class pistols as valid firearm for competition use. Not even our olimpic team can have one within the UK. They practice abroad because of the current rules. Basically handguns are classed as section 5 or section 7. Section 7 is for historic guns and there isnt many people with the relevant liscence or club to store them. Mainly its for old war relic pistols. They class them as "souvenirs of war" and must be WWII or before. Section 5 is all other weapons. This includes machine guns, mortars , RPG's, HE rounds, AP rounds, Tazers, CS and pepper spray...ect. Only the home secetary can authorise a section 5 permit. Usually its just for an international firearms dealer or a company working for the army or police. However some ex-army an ex Police are authorised as section 5 for protection, Basically if they worked in Northern Ireland during the troubles and still have a valid threat posed to them. If we want to shoot pistols we go abroad

Yes we have something very similar here. Its called a uberti buntline LBR or cattleman rifle This is the revolver version. The rifle is the same just with a full stock http://gunmart.net/gun_review/uberti_buntline_target_lbr/

British firearms law is wierd to say the least. We lost semi autos in cneterfire calibres back in 1987. The only semi auto guns we can now own are shotguns or .22 rimfire. As for pistols we lost them in 1997 . The only short guns we can own are black powder. All other guns must be an overall legnth of 24" to conform to section 1 firearms rules. Thats why we end up having a 12" barrel and either a rod or wrist brace on the back to make the legnth up. A pistol it aint, but its all we are allowd nowadays

Hi all, Just thought I would say hello. My names Chris and Im from England UK. I just found this forum when looking for a little info for modding my wheelgun. Been having some issues with moonclips not seating on reloads. Looks like there is plenty of top class information on this site. Im currently running a couple UK spec Taurus Long barrel Revolvers LBR's a .44 and a .45acp. Unfortunatly we are no longer allowed to own short revolvers or handguns Regards Chris