Don't worry about the deleted / scrubbed number for FAC purposes. As long as the FAC matches the most visible serial no and the one the seller submitted to the police you should be OK.
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Don't worry about the deleted / scrubbed number for FAC purposes. As long as the FAC matches the most visible serial no and the one the seller submitted to the police you should be OK.
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Originally Posted by zak2013
Nothing to worry about, looking at the pic it looks like the original number has been removed and stamped with another, as Robert303 says, as long as it matches the number on your ticket.
It's as good as gold, at least in the sense that it is a real T. As the others have said the butt socket has been filed in the past & the original serial number (which may possibly have been an M prefix), was obliterated & replaced with the new number. No idea when the renumbering was carried out, but I suspect NOT during its military service.
As Robert & Big Duke have said you've no worries re your FAC so long as the new number is on it.
It would make a lovely restoration project..........
ATB
Your FAC should show the serial number that is currently on the rifle. (In the past, I have had firearms on my FAC as "No visible serial number" which is also legal.)Quote:
Originally Posted by zak2013
My friend has a little Cadet SA80 on his UK licence recorded as a SAKO! When he queried it and told them that it was an SA80 they told him that that name didn't feature on their computerised list - so it's a SAKO! Well, you can't win them all.........
That would be the same list that includes the following "makers": Lee-Enfield and Luger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
I often wonder why the Home Office do not employ some real experts rather than think they know it all and get wrong so often.
Phew! That puts my mind at rest. You hear some very spurious tales about Police confiscating arms for the stupidest reasons. Can I ask what you mean by a "restoration project"? What would this involve? I hate the scuffed paint on the metalwork. Can (or should) this be re blued? or blackened? A friend has a post war Enfield with light beech woodwork and very black metal work that looks lovely. Canr the blanked off screws be removed easily?
When I said 'restoration project' I meant that if it were to be mine I'd just have to restore it back to original T specifications; re-fit pads, cheekpiece etc. If available I'd source a set of Sykes made walnut woodwork & take my time in fitting it. The rifle would probably have been brunofixed but most were refinished by sand blasting, parkerising (dipping in phosphoric acid to help with rust resistance) & then painted with suncorite 259 black paint. It doesn't have to be suncorite........I'm told Land Rover exhaust paint gives much the same finish!
The screws can be drilled out easily enough & exact replacements are still readily available, as is solder paint.
It is very doable, if you want to........
PM me if you want any more info.
ATB.
Hi Mr Roger Payne.
Thanks for your comments. I`m not sure what a restoration would involve but I`m keen to find out. I have been hearing good things about a replacement scope mount you make (including from USA). How can I get hold of one and how much are they?
Thanks. Paul
Hi Paul,
See PM's.
ATB
R.