Sprackles Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2567127/Astonishing-haul-16-firearms-1-500-rounds-ammunition-seized-police.html Most look like antiques but there are some naughties in there together with the ammo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 WOW some of that ammo look's pretty old and in poor condition, but thy got what thy deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Why is it they ALWAYS have a picture of a GAT? It must be the No1 choice for armed robbers Wonder if that Graham character is one of the ones fleecing chaps of their guns and money in Sales sections of hunting forums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I wonder what that lot was all about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rimotu66 Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I cant stop laughing at there mug shots, have they both had a stroke Hopefully the Graham chap is one of those you mentioned Geordie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I cant stop laughing at there mug shots, have they both had a stroke I was laughing at those pic's also. Wouldn't mind the Webleys and the little RIC Bulldog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Big pile of 9mm garden gun cartridges there they must be ancient, I inherited a 9mm from an uncle and he talked about pre war cartridges being in chequered cases. As LG says there is always a Gat air pistol in those hauls. Some of the weapons look as if they could be as dangerous to the firer as the target, the sawn off shot gun excepted that looks lethal. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatherandSon Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Its ashame the police cant auction off some of the ammo. They may even recoup some money albeit a very small amount, but surely they'll have to pay for this to be destroyed..... Glad to see the scum bags and the weapons off the streets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxus77 Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 are those .410 carts they look like carbon fibre wrapped ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFreddysCat Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Slightly concerning that they say a haul of 16 firearms when 6 of them look like flintlock or percussion pistols plus the gat. Or is just a Daily Mail error. Not defending them at all just that I've got a collection of flintlock and percussion pistols which includes a percussion duelling pistol which they mention specifically in the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatherandSon Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 are those .410 carts they look like carbon fibre wrapped ? No, they're 9mm shotgun Cartridges. The .410 ones are in the third pictre, centre, just to the left of the white 12g. The carbon look ones are in the same picture bottom right, for a size comparison! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Couple of ugly blighters aint they just! some of that stuff might be more dangerous if it was used as a cosh! What the cheap airgun scope doing in the pictures and the old safety matches box- Ugh? just coz the sniffer dog thought so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88b Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 To me they look like a pair of genuine collectors, probably both Sunday school teachers too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) Looks more like a raid of the parts-bin at the armoury of the British Museum. If you look closely at the picture of the empty boxes, some of those look like they have come from a museum. One of the boxes is for blanks, and the other for a box of matches. Edited February 25, 2014 by aris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Slightly concerning that they say a haul of 16 firearms when 6 of them look like flintlock or percussion pistols plus the gat. Or is just a Daily Mail error. Not defending them at all just that I've got a collection of flintlock and percussion pistols which includes a percussion duelling pistol which they mention specifically in the article. I expect that the mail just counted how many guns in the picture and deduced all are illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Technically, being in possession of those shotgun cartridges is not illegal either - unless they happen to be slugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 What caught my eye was the telescopic sight, is that illegal?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon 3 Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I expect that the mail just counted how many guns in the picture and deduced all are illegal. According to papers like the daily mail all guns are either illegal or legally held by nutters waiting for the right oppurtunity to use them illegally!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingo15 Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 What caught my eye was the telescopic sight, is that illegal? ... Same as beat me to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Same as beat me to it Same as beat me to it I suppose it makes up the numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Slightly concerning that they say a haul of 16 firearms when 6 of them look like flintlock or percussion pistols plus the gat. Or is just a Daily Mail error. Not defending them at all just that I've got a collection of flintlock and percussion pistols which includes a percussion duelling pistol which they mention specifically in the article. Any and all incidents reported as 'firearms incidents' become simply that as far as I'm aware, regardless of the fact said firearms may be toys, replicas or the real thing. If a member of the general public states they saw a man in the street brandishing a gun, which ultimately turns out to be a chair leg or a banana, it is reported, and subsequently logged, as a firearms incident. All those guns handed in during firearms amnesties are counted as firearms, whether real or not. If a particular constabulary, say Cumbria for example, receives 233 imitation firearms during an amnesty those 233 imitations are classified as firearms; there is no itemising and categorising of different types of firearms,real or otherwise. They are all firearms, and compiled in statistics as such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeceknight Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 that sawn off scares me, somthing about them, I have this thing in my head that a dawn off is there to be used. not just to wave around and threaten people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
station Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 that sawn off scares me, somthing about them, I have this thing in my head that a dawn off is there to be used. not just to wave around and threaten people. I've always fancied the idea of doing a round of skeet with one - great fun ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmaxphil Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 is that were delboy got his sawn off from ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Big pile of 9mm garden gun cartridges there they must be ancient, I inherited a 9mm from an uncle and he talked about pre war cartridges being in chequered cases. As LG says there is always a Gat air pistol in those hauls. Some of the weapons look as if they could be as dangerous to the firer as the target, the sawn off shot gun excepted that looks lethal. Blackpowder I had some of those checkered shells .... thought I'd fire them to destroy them ....most would not fire!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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