Gun Deals

The following are the correct and legal methods of diposing of firearms

Shotguns:
If you possess a shotgun, legally held on a shotgun certificate, and you no longer wish to keep it, you have various options as to its disposal.

You can sell, give or transfer its ownership to a Registered Firearms Dealer or another shotgun certificate holder or who has adequate and safe storage for the weapon.

You can surrender the weapon at any police station, where it will normally be sent away for destruction, unless it is deemed of particular historical interest. In the latter case it could be given to a museum or other interested official party.

You can have the weapon deactivated.

Other Firearms:
If you hold weapons on a firearms certificate, the scenario is slightly different when selling, giving or transferring them to another firearms certificate holder.

Unlike shotguns, firearm certificate holders can only posses firearms authorised on their certificates.

Before transferring firearms to another firearm certificate holder, you must ensure that their certificate carries the authority for the calibre and firearm in question.

No such restrictions apply to Registered Firearms Dealers, except possibly in respect of prohibited weapons.

The option to surrender firearms at a police station or have them deactivated applies to firearms as it does shotguns.

General:
Weapons should never be destroyed or disposed of by their owners. Every weapon needs to be accounted for and the police authority that issued the certificate must be informed as to what has happened to the weapon.

Unwanted section 1 ammunition can be disposed of through another authorised firearm certificate holder, Registered Firearms Dealer, your target shooting club or surrendered at any police station.