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Any modification to a firearm invalidates its proof. You will have to take the whole rifle to a gunsmiths to have the work done as the rifle will have to be re-proofed. If you attempt to sell a firearm without current proofing its a very serious offence. I very much doubt a gunsmith will just do the work on a barrel as they will be 'effectively' transfering the unproofed part back to you.

 

I have firearms personally imported from the USA but I cannot sell them because they do not have a UK or European proof mark. I can use them just fine, just cannot sell to private individual without first having them UK proofed.

 

Sorry but there won't be a cheap solution! Better to have purchased a rifle already screw cut.

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I presume this was a recent purchase. I would take it back and ask for them to screw cut it for you at their expense. Just because we are taking firearms with its own idiosyncrasies it is a item being sold like any other!!!

 

Did they inform you how much it would cost?

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Any modification to a firearm invalidates its proof. You will have to take the whole rifle to a gunsmiths to have the work done as the rifle will have to be re-proofed. If you attempt to sell a firearm without current proofing its a very serious offence. I very much doubt a gunsmith will just do the work on a barrel as they will be 'effectively' transfering the unproofed part back to you.

 

I have firearms personally imported from the USA but I cannot sell them because they do not have a UK or European proof mark. I can use them just fine, just cannot sell to private individual without first having them UK proofed.

 

Sorry but there won't be a cheap solution! Better to have purchased a rifle already screw cut.

I was under the impression that all firearms had to have a uk proofmark even if imported within the first seven days of it entering the country. To the original op steve kershaw does first class work, atb wayne

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Any modification to a firearm invalidates its proof. You will have to take the whole rifle to a gunsmiths to have the work done as the rifle will have to be re-proofed. If you attempt to sell a firearm without current proofing its a very serious offence. I very much doubt a gunsmith will just do the work on a barrel as they will be 'effectively' transfering the unproofed part back to you.

 

If this is the case then there is a helluva lot of illegal modifications going on! In my experience only your third sentence is strictly accurate.

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You only need it proofed if you come to sell it,

 

If you get it cut and never get rid of it there is no problem,

 

I had this with an HMR I had, Gunsmith shortened it and asked if I would ever be selling it?

 

I said no, he replied with it didn't need reproofing,

 

I did eventually come to sell it but had to have it reproofed first,

 

Strange thing was.... It was a Sako Quad that had NO PROOF marks on it at all,

 

When it came back from reproofing it had them in 2 places?? Breech and muzzle

 

:shaun:

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mark not sure what you had written but genuinly believe a british proofmark is required by law for a firearm and that it must be sent to proof as soon as it enters the country if this is not the case i would be greatfull for someone who knows for definate to give clarifacation as i am importing one now and my import licence says i must inform the proofhouse within seven days and the firearm must go within 28 days ,atb wayne

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