Re: Lots of Beginner Questions...
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:21 pm
I think you're right. I saved this from the link above and I was going to question it, but given your comments, I think it speaks for itself.
Of course I'm only interested in staying within the law, just a poor choice of words. Thanks for the reply.Conversion of firearms
2.29 Section 7(1)(a) of the 1988 Act (as
amended by the 1997 Act) provides that if
any weapon has at any time been a weapon
to which section 5(1) or 5(1A) of the 1968
Act applies, it shall be treated as a prohibited
weapon regardless of anything done for the
purpose of converting it into a weapon of a
different kind. Thus a fully automatic weapon
such as a Bren gun which has been smoothbored and adapted to single-shot would still
be classified as a prohibited weapon, as
would a pistol that had a 24 inch or more
smooth-bore barrel fitted to it.