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ok so i have some info on the spec of the gun Please do not ask me anything else as i do not know!!

GSG MP40N BLANK FIREING REPLICA Conforms to the Violent Crime Reduction Act, (specification for imitation firearms) Regulations (no 1754)
Also the hardened steel insert which is welded into the barrell conforms and has been tested using the hardness Rockwell C - Scale. The minimum hardness is 630 HV30 (56 HRC) and the maximum is 720 HV30 (60HRC).

As others have said, there are no approved standards for blank firers in the UK.

Be very careful when anyone tries to tell you otherwise.

This statement sounds very convincing doesn't it:



However, "Regulation no 1754" actually only says this:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011 ... 754_en.pdf

In fact, "Regulation no 1754" actually tells you that there are no acceptable standards!!!

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Is that a solid block in the barrel and side venting, or is it a bar and thus the gun is forward venting ???

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Hi Allen it is a steel rod that conforms to the hardness test and cannot be removed the gun Top vents
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This may have passed me by before, but it *does* look like Regulation 4 of these:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011 ... 754_en.pdf

does contain the basic specification required?

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Wow, where on earth has that document been hiding?

Interesting....

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In plain sight.
I'm sure Glen has linked to it before

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There is a spec.

However.... there is no certifying authority. You can't send your replica to a Proof House
That goes for all BFs. You always run the risk.

Just because the vendor says it's legal... a court and forensic scientist may find otherwise.

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Indeed. How many people have the equipment handy to check the RHA.... you only have someone's word on it and your liberty at stake.

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As a matter of interest, anyone know how much these are being sold for at W&P?

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If these are legal, when are you going to make a M1 carbine.

they are 499 mssp at the show and have not got a clue if they will make a m1 carbine they did look good though when i saw them realy well built

MSSP? Sorry. Not familiar with the term

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Manufacturers Suggested Sale Price?

I saw these being advertised on the cover of the W&P programme....

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i saw them being demod at the show cycle realy well with fiochi blanks and very well recieved from what i saw and heard

time to clear up some confusion here ,, they do come with individual paper work ,, an individual serial number and the paperwork is from the proof house stating that it meets requirements laid down in uk law
therefore they are uk legal
they vent upwards from a hole just in front of the front sight
they are semi auto and they do fire the 9mm pak blank
the magazine has a restriction in the back so that live rounds will not fit in the magazine

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