BBC 1 THIS MONDAY 20TH AUGUST PANORAMA - LEGAL WEAPON

[bigduke6]

Haven't seen it yet, but will try as I'm home for a short while after a long spell away, I think maybe the Government have there hands full at present trying to work out a deal regarding Brexit..... (still can't come quick enough in my eyes) rather than taking a keen interest in the obsolete calibre list....... the main reason for the programme is the dealer who was found guilty of supplying the criminals......

All RFD's in my area have had a unannounced vist from the The Firearms & Explosives Dept, to go over stock and records, all due to that dealer.

I would think if they did retract some calibre's it would only be the ones that are very close to some existing calibre's etc, as regards to Martini Henry,s etc there are a lot of these on folks FAC's already, if you have a look on Henry Krank's web page they sell a lot of obsolete calibre cases and components.

As a collector and occasional shooter it does pain me that our hobby is getting slowly crushed due to a few individuals, lets just hope there is no knee jerk reactions and as mentioned they look at how many Sec 58 firearms are out there.......... there must be over a few hundred just adorning pub walls.....

Although I'm not a quitter like David Cameron, ( it was a speech he made just before the brexit vote where he stated "Were not a nation of quitters" on finding the majority has voted out he quits!!)

The future won't get any better for shooters and not sure how collectors will fair in the future, its the reason I bought my Matchless WD G3L and get my foot in the door regarding Military vehicles, I would say another 10 years and I'll be selling off most if not all my collection but its more to do with moving to a warmer climate, only problem with the new interest is the talk of no more petrol engined cars etc by a certain date, so I'll be screwed trying to find petrol or the price of it will be ott ........ a lot to be said about stamp collectors

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