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Any body deactivate firearms in Essex or near by
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:01 pm
by AL8
A friend has an .303 Martini that he wants to get deactivated as it has the condemned marks on it.
Does anybody know anybody who can do it?
Thanks
Re: Any body deactivate firearms in Essex or near by
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:04 pm
by Blackstuff
I don't know if he's in Essex, but he's definitely daaarn sarf - Andy Haines of Master Class Custom Guns does deact work.
Re: Any body deactivate firearms in Essex or near by
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 5:13 pm
by GeeRam
Take it to Chris Goodwin at C&G Firearms just along the M25.
Or maybe Roding Armoury in Abridge will do it, pretty sure they used to do de-acts.
Or Simon at Highwood Classic Arms, he's the Essex/London borders IIRC.
Re: Any body deactivate firearms in Essex or near by
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 5:30 pm
by Mattnall
Terry Abrams in the Rodings (Roothings)
Re: Any body deactivate firearms in Essex or near by
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 5:49 pm
by ovenpaa
Terry would be my choice down there as well.
Re: Any body deactivate firearms in Essex or near by
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:19 pm
by AL8
someone did say to me Terry does not do it anymore
Re: Any body deactivate firearms in Essex or near by
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:01 pm
by Christel
Re: Any body deactivate firearms in Essex or near by
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:19 pm
by Dellboy
Leech and Sons Chelmsford
Re: Any body deactivate firearms in Essex or near by
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:20 pm
by Blighty
As we all know there are far too many live firing .303 Martini Henry rifles out there and they all should be burned at the stake but, and it’s a big but, what are these condemned marks you talk of?
Re: Any body deactivate firearms in Essex or near by
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 8:14 am
by AL8
thanks for the input guys.
My friend said they are marks to show they are not fit to be used, I think they were sometimes applied to obsolete firearms.
They were then used for training purposes like gun handling