HDAV Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Blow pipes are S5??? How about pointy sticks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 (edited) Blow pipes are S5??? How about pointy sticks? Blowpipes are, sticking poles aren't. Thats why it took so long to find a home for two spanking tranq rifles and blowpipes. I tried every zoo in the UK, RSPCA etc etc after my old man retired and asked me to help get rid! Funny to look at his conditions on his FAC, 'for the killing or capture of dangerous animals' (some say my father was Burnley Daves psychiatric nurse) Edited October 11, 2013 by kyska Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted October 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 For those without a S5, get a de-activated one: http://www.gunstar.co.uk/sten-mkii-9-mm-submachine-guns-for-sale-in-staffordshire/Other-Military-Guns/161710 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 I know very little of sect 5 and 7 and what not but i would have thought that security firms such as G4S could claim a "need" if they did security at high profile events. This is only my guess though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 (edited) I thought it was the hyperdermic darts that were controlled? How is a blowpipe different to a pipe? I would t trust G4S with a spud gun ! Edited October 11, 2013 by HDAV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottonseed Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I know very little of sect 5 and 7 and what not but i would have thought that security firms such as G4S could claim a "need" if they did security at high profile events. This is only my guess though! No. The Home Office guidelines state they will not issue firearms for security purposes to outfits like G4S, banks, whatever. I read once that in NI there were on issue about 12000 firearms for personal protection. I doubt if any of them were, or are, for Stirlings, Scorpions or Sten guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 I thought it was the hyperdermic darts that were controlled? How is a blowpipe different to a pipe? I would t trust G4S with a spud gun ! Nope, for certain blowpipes are S5, what do you mean by a pipe? Obviously the drugs are controlled too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Isn't a blow pipe just a length of pipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermincinerator Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 I can't see a valid reason for anyone to ever need one. I would like to try one at a range purely because it's the gun my grandad had when he was on guard duty in the sewers canal when he did his nation service but it's not something I'd ever want to own. bicy i suspect your grandad would have been carrying a Stirling not a Sten during the "SUEZ" crisis Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy1146 Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 I would if they were civilian legal. Unfortunately, their not ;( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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