Bren blueprints...

[Brit plumber]

To be honest i think its all rubish! What the proofhouse have stated by saying 'Yes, we did pass SOME of these, you are correct. BUT, we will NOT pass any more.' is that they broke the law as they see it. I wonder what the outcome of any court case would be in respect of that!

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[tankhunter]

To be honest i think its all rubish! What the proofhouse have stated by saying 'Yes, we did pass SOME of these, you are correct. BUT, we will NOT pass any more.' is that they broke the law as they see it. I wonder what the outcome of any court case would be in respect of that!

A Small, But Important point that I dont think your aware of, is:
The Proof house is EXEMPT from the Firearms Act!!!!
They can do pretty much anything they want to! (& Have!) But they are the First point of contact for advice & guidance from the Government & HomeOffice. They do try to comply with any recomendations from the Homeffice & are responsible for any 'Tightening up' of legislation. That the H/O Request, & wish to introduce. 'Policy' is a Big word in the H/O, but Policy is not Law! But YOU try & fight against it & see what happens!!
Mike

[peregrinvs]

they are the First point of contact for advice & guidance from the Government & HomeOffice. They do try to comply with any recomendations from the Homeffice & are responsible for any 'Tightening up' of legislation.

Going by specimens I own, there seems to be a bit of an element of 'make it up as you go along'.

For example, my Lithgow MkI(m) Bren was deactivated in 1997: the flash hider has been permanently pinned to the Mk2 barrel and has a deactivation stamp. The gun also came with a deactivated magazine.

However, my Enfield MkI was deactivated in 2007: the flash hider isn't permanently pinned to the Mk1 barrel and it came with a 'live' magazine.

Just to muddy things further, I've just checked the published 1995 revised deactivation specifications and it states that a Bren must have a deactivated magazine, but it says nothing about the flash hider:

http://www.basc.org.uk/download.cfm/...CF08688FAD95C4

Mark