Wingman Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 (edited) Quick question (hopefully)... I am about to collect an old Auto-5 Browning the owner has a spare barrel with it that he has also offered to me. With this new gun my cabinet will be full, so I was planning to store the spare barrel in a hard gun case in the following way: The gun case is plastic so I want going to drill a hole and pass a security cable lock through the case, through the barrel magazine hole/fitting and then lock it all onto a rafter in a corner of the loft. I dont want to start a long legal debate and probably will ask my FEO but wanted to get some opinions... Any comments will be greatly appreciated! Edited April 19, 2016 by Wingman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Unlike a chambered rifled barrel, which is a firearm in its own right, a shotgun barrel on its own is just a metal tube as I understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Unlike a chambered rifled barrel, which is a firearm in its own right, a shotgun barrel on its own is just a metal tube as I understand it. I believe that is correct. However, there was recently a consultation out regarding tidying up lots of the contradictory (and confusing) bits of firearms laws. I believe the 'component parts' was one of the things under discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffin Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 It is confusing when I bought my semi second hand came with spare barrel on previous owners ticket as advised by his firearms dept so transferred to mine when my cert renewed my firearms dept ignored it so it now does not exist. I personally think the whole system rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom R Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Shotgun parts are only considered component parts IE need to add or show your ticket when importing them of buying them from an RFD. Other than that ANY part of a shotgun is not a shotgun..... Would like to see how mad the police get if I take my Beretta to pieces and leave it at my non licence friends house! HaHaHa!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett1985 Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 as the barrel has to be entered on to your certificate, in the eyes of the law it is viewed the same as a complete shotgun and as such will need to be stored in a cabinet. them's the rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsbob Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 as the barrel has to be entered on to your certificate, in the eyes of the law it is viewed the same as a complete shotgun and as such will need to be stored in a cabinet. them's the rules. Unless the law has been changed that is incorrect , the police may like and may ask you to have the barrel on ticket but as far as I and others are concerned it is not a lawfull requirement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted April 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Thanks all I am going to have to leave the spare barrel for now. Good news Is that it's not on the current owners ticket so he can keep it for me until I sort out additional security arrangements. He's had the gun for donkeys and it's sat in his cabinet unused until I showed an interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett1985 Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Unless the law has been changed that is incorrect , the police may like and may ask you to have the barrel on ticket but as far as I and others are concerned it is not a lawfull requirement. if you say so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalahari Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 Just get some large diameter foam pipe insulation. Split and push over the barrel. Then you can just tuck it into your current cabinet with no worries about damage to it or any other gun in there. You could get a bigger cabinet when one comes up second hand at a good price. David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel100 Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 The law is very clear. Shotgun barrels and other parts (of a shotgun) do NOT require to go on certificate. Only the complete shotgun. For those of us with a pump or auto, the barrel often has a different number to the receiver, anyway. As has correctly been quoted, this is currently being looked at and may well change in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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