Terrifying arsenal of weapons among dozens seized in Met's gun amnesty

Evening Standard ^ | 2/10/2017 | DANIEL O’MAHONY

[Lazamataz]

This arsenal of firearms is among the dozens of weapons that have been taken off London’s streets during the Met’s latest gun amnesty.

Since Monday 45 weapons have been surrendered across the capital as part of the Give Up Your Gun campaign, including shotguns, revolvers, rifles and handguns, Scotland Yard said.

Detectives from the Met’s gang unit today urged anyone still in possession of an illegal firearm to hand it in before the amnesty ends on Sunday night.

[BikerTrash]

I clicked on this thread, and now I'm terrified.

Thanks a lot.

[MHGinTN]

Hmm, that reminds me, I need to sweep up the casings littering my laundry room floor and garage floor. Brass seems to go everywhere these days.

[Squantos]

All of em are lend lease .... give em back damnit !

[Boomer]

Except for the Colt; they are worth more as scrap metal than as firearms. Looney Tunes!

[Celtic Conservative]

I wouldn’t mind the pepperbox on the right for display purposes. The rest are junk. The SAA is a knockoff, look at the cylinder stop grooves. Colt never made stops like that.

CC

[T-Bird45]

That's NOT a Colt Single Action Army. It's a non-firing replica of a Colt SAA, made out of pot metal, a TOY!

Ditto to that - I have one that came from a relative's estate that may become part of a wall-hanging in the mancave.

[from occupied ga]

I thought terrifying weapons would be something like this

[Trod Upon]

That article is satirical, right? They can’t possibly believe those pieces actually constitute a “terrifying arsenal.” If the piece seriously reflects current thought in the UK, then they they absolutely deserve to be conquered and bred out of existence by the Moslems. All I see there are sad relics of Britain’s long lost freedom.

[correctthought]

ZOMG! Ak-15 ghost guns with .30 cal clips which can be dispersed in 1/2 a second!

I feel so much safer already.

(yes, sarcasm, and yes, its in the UK)(oh, and yes para quoted CA state senator Kevin de Leon D LA)(sorry about all the ())

[Swordmaker]

Except for the Colt; they are worth more as scrap metal than as firearms. Looney Tunes!

That pot metal thing that looks like a Colt is the least valuable of them all. It's a non-shooting replica toy. If you tried to fire a real bullet in it, it would explode.

[Charles Martel]

The single action just might be a cheap air pistol.

Yes, those narrow slots in the cylinder look wrong.. CO2 pellet pistol, maybe just a cap gun.

The large relic two spaces to the left of the "Colt" is interesting. Looks like the remains of a Deane & Adams or Beaumont - Adams piece from the Victorian era. Mid-1800s. Pity most of the parts are missing.

[jttpwalsh]

Ed Kranepool would be proud of your post !

[yarddog]

At first glance I thought it was an air pistol but I think you are right.

A replica and not even a good one at that.

[TChad]

That's terrible.

Well done.

[Martin Tell]

When I visited Britain a few years ago, I was watching the evening news on the 'telly. The big story was the recovery of a "deadly ax" from a local pond. Several frog men were gingerly carrying a little hatchet that a boy scout would laugh at.

I swear, Brits have become the pu$$ie$ of the world.

[Swordmaker]

Yes, those narrow slots in the cylinder look wrong.. CO2 pellet pistol, maybe just a cap gun.

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[wally_bert]

That sounds like something from Monty Python or The Goodies.

[Swordmaker]

At first glance I thought it was an air pistol but I think you are right.
A replica and not even a good one at that.

Check my post #76

[Flatus I. Maximus]

Let me amend that. #6 was most likely a Purdey rook rifle, before some numbskull took a hacksaw to it and made it a “handgun.” A pity, that. Unmolested, it would be worth a small fortune. Now it’s just junk.

[Swordmaker]

That four barrel pepper is probably a valuable antique.

Look again, more closely. That's a six barrel pepper box . . .