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.

[yarddog]

In 1988 I knew a Japanese guy who collected fake guns. Back then it was apparently OK to do so in Japan. I don’t know if it still is.

I have seen replicas which required a close look to see they were not the real thing. Those are fairly expensive.

[AFreeBird]

Laz, back in the day; didn’t you design an awesome assault pistol? That always cracked me up.

[Swordmaker]

The first gun is a .32 cal Belgian folding trigger revolver from around 1885 to 1900 which have a collector’s value of around $135.

[Swordmaker]

The fourth gun is what is known as a percussion boot pistol. Caliber likely .36 to .41. The name implies where they were carried. It was a weapon of last resort.

[smokingfrog]

I got more firepower than that underneath my pillow.

[Swordmaker]

I can’t identify number 2, but it is interesting in that it is threaded for a sound suppressor. These are legal in most of the world except stupid US that thinks they are used in crime instead of hearing protection. The caliber is small and it’s not designed for target use. I suspect it’s designed for covert purposes, not recreational use.

[Trillian]

Maybe they can put them on display in a museum so they can continue terrifying the children.

[crazy scenario]

 " Frightening! Which one is the Glock that shoots the death ray?"

Frightening is right! Frightening because you fail to recognize those are all AK47s!

[Charles Martel]

Ah, makes sense. The slots prevent converting the cylinder from being modified to chamber live ammo.

[FreedomPoster]

These Brits would have kittens if they saw the contents of a 10Th %-ile FReeper’s gun safe.

[Lurkinanloomin]

I like the Bic Lock rifle

[Boomer]

Amen brother. They’d be changing their Depends for sure. Scary black rifles aren’t always black. ;)

[Stanwood_Dave]

"That four barrel on the right looks way cool."

Isn't that "four barrel" what they call a pepper box?

[Swordmaker]

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.

I think you're right:

Purdy Rook Rifle

[Kickass Conservative]

Then next thing they want to outlaw is Human Ingenuity.

[Organic Panic]

Where would one even find ammo for those relics??? I know where I can get them, But in the UK??? What, do gang bangers have the resources to cast odd ball bullets, neck and crimp odd ball brass, and make odd ball primers?

[Jack Hammer]

Forty-five antiques; I’m gonna wet my pants.

[ops33]

I agree, they all look more dangerous to the user. BTW, love the animation!

[Go_Trump_2016]

"The rest are all curios and relics, most are black powder muzzle loaders which would be legal in the US for anyone to own."

Actually, antique muzzle-loaders and antique obsolete calibre metallic cartridge firearms are still legal to own in the UK without a license too. I have a friend who owns several just as wall hangers. You can have them legally as long as you don't try to shoot them. For that you have to get a Firearms Certificate.

The people who handed these in were probably frightened housewives. It's a shame because they could have sold them to antique firearms collectors. What a waste for them to hand them over to the Police to be paraded in front of the public and then melted down. No self-respecting gangbanger is going to carry one of those pieces of garbage!

[Go_Trump_2016]

The anti-gun hysteria in British newspapers is absolutely pathetic and sad to see. Anything to scare the peasants and keep them compliant to the State's authority and not thinking for themselves.

I doubt that the UK Police will be losing any sleep over these antique relics. A worn out mid 19th century percussion revolver or pepperbox pistol against class III body armor, a 9mm Glock and a HK MP5 submachine gun (standard UK Police Armed Response Unit issue equipment) is worthy of a Monty Python sketch!