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[Peter Laidler]

What defines 'out of proof' I'm bound to ask...... At what point is something out of proof? If you replace a barrel with an already proofed barrel, does the whole rifle need to be re-proofed? The whole proof laws are so antequated that you'd be hard pressed to get a conviction. We've been down this road before...........

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[mrclark303]

We've been down this road before

We certainly have, getting away from the antiquated monopoly of the Proof House side of the argument, the simple fact is a rifle has to be Birmingham/London or CIP proofed to be legal to sell on in the UK, Sec58 stuff aside, that doesn't mean it all has to be proofed at the same time to be legal, for instance, you can fit an old spare London Proofed barrel to a Lee Enfield that's previously been Birmingham proofed, providing the pressure baring parts have all been proofed, its legal to sell..

Well that's my interpretation of Proof law, or am I wrong chaps? I am assuming whilst on the subject of Proof, UK military issue firearms are also now London, Birmingham or CIP proofed, as I guess we no longer have the facility to proof within the MOD?