clayandgame Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Anyone know anything about having a o/u shotgun decommisioned? ie cost, process etc? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedwards1966 Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 (edited) You need to have the work done, which will require a gunsmith (unless you happen to have all the skill and tooling required). It then needs to be sent off to the proof house via a RFD in order for them to be satisfied and to issue a certificate of deactivation, at which point it would no longer be a gun and could leave your certificate. I'm not sure what the cost would be, you may have to ask a gunsmith for a quote for the work involved, and a RFD for the proof/handling charges. Edited November 24, 2012 by bedwards1966 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardH Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 About £75 if we do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Decommissioned as us deactivated? Or scrapped an RFD can scrap it, if you want to keep it's an off ticket item the you need a deactivation cert from proof house see above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayandgame Posted November 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Thanks for your replies. Sorry I may have worded the last post wrong. What I would like to do is have the gun deactivated so that I could keep it but not have to have it in the cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bb Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 From the official document available on-line: Type SIDE BY SIDE DOUBLE BARRELLED SHOTGUN General a Ensure essential components are unsuitable for use in any other firearm. b Remove or shorten strikers. c Mark barrel and action (near serial number if possible). Specific (1) Slot through barrel flats. (2) Slot through barrels covered by forend, leaving forend securing fixture in place as required. (3) Weld tight plugs in chambers and cones to prevent the chambering of cartridges. The plug must be of at least 2/3 length of the chamber as marked. Secure with continuous circular runs of weld, or continuous line of weld along one side of barrel slots. (4) Counterbore breech face to remove cartridge head support. (5) Drill through striker holes to remove striker guide holes. (6) Permanently seal firing pin aperture with weld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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