looks as though they’ve used a Russian haulier….

Ok ,thanks for that, it’s just that I thought it was attached!

Anyone utters the words Spitfire, graceful, sleek, or stylish, will be sacked by order S CAMM esq.

You can legally hold a certificate for a pistol providing it was made before 1911,and it is locked in a vault at a designated,home office approved range/club eg- Bisley.
This is section 7.Also if a firearm in ones possession as “war trophy” it can be held providing it is of historical significance.
Clause 36 and 37 for VCRA for RIFs,membership of reenactment society etc. .There is a list on the firearms act that tells you the obsolete calibers.
If i am wrong on any of the above,I stand corrected.

Try getting a section 7 firearms, this is essentially for an existing collector; you cannot count weapons that you already own that you have shown “a need” for, as however old they might be, or historically important, they weren’t applied for as part of a collection, and therefore can’t be included in a “collection”.

In a word, deactivation.

Apparently the law see’s a firearm as just that, regardless of condition, until accompanied with a deact cert, and a proof house stamp on the (former) weapon.

A live pistol is about as bad as it gets, 1; they are all banned, 2; ammunition is readily available, (because none was found, doesn’t mean there isn’t any) 3; under the bed doesn’t constitute a secure place, (potentially another weapon to fall into the hands of criminals).

under the bed for 30 years is only back to 1980, pistol ownership was heavily regulated then, (terrorist threat from the IRA) serial no’s were recorded; it would be interesting to know if it was ever a licenced firearm.

Further to Pete’s post, the Packard crankcase/lower crankcase, (and wheel case) use a larger size stud than the British versions, but once removed, the thread in the casting is exactly the same size! thus interchangeability is achieved!

No probs, in a strange but true moment, I caught an obit of the chap who played baron munchhausen (?) in the WizofOz, and He did in fact train pilots, (WW2) but obviously was too short to fly combat missions; lived into his nineties, well done that man.