Un-prohibiting a Luger?

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A friend of mine's father has an old Luger P08 with a barrel length something like 5-10mms under the legal limit, making it a prohibited weapon. I told him that, to my understanding, if he got a new, legal-length barrel on it, it would no longer be prohibited. Is this correct? When he mentioned it to his dad, his dad said that he was concerned that since it was manufactured and left the factory as a prohibited weapon, then it would still be prohibited even WITH the legal barrel on. This seems illogical to me, since I recall reading a post about a man with a Glock 19 (prohibited) who installed a longer barrel on it to make it restricted. Any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated so my friend doesn't have to turn in his Luger (a family heirloom of sorts) into the RCMP for destruction when his dad dies.
 
Problem easily solved. Contact Barry Jensen at Bits of Pieces in Delta. He made a bunch of P08 barrels for that just to reclassify as restricted from prohib. Great guy and more than willing to answer your questions.
Cheers
dB
 
daBear said:
Problem easily solved. Contact Barry Jensen at Bits of Pieces in Delta. He made a bunch of P08 barrels for that just to reclassify as restricted from prohib. Great guy and more than willing to answer your questions.
Cheers
dB
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Woah woah, stop right there. If the OP's, friend's father is licenced to own it under 12.6 (and that seems to be the case based on what I am reading in the above), then the friend can inherit it, or have it tranferred to him as a 12.7, as long as the friend has a restricted PAL. No need to change barrels (and destroy the value!!). In fact the father can go buy any pre 1946 prohib handgun and transfer it to the friend.

If you want to make it restricted, sell that one to me and I will get you a restricted one!:) Seriously.
 
He could leave it as is and his son could get his 12/7 classification so he can get it from his dad. That's not a problem keeping it in the family and the gun stays original.
 
One more point, if you did want to make it restricted rather
than proh., you must give up the 4 inch barrel,you can't keep both.
 
marshall said:
One more point, if you did want to make it restricted rather
than proh., you must give up the 4 inch barrel,you can't keep both.
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No way, that stinks! I was just looking into buying a p08 and doing a barrel swap, but if I can't keep both, what's the point! Is there any way I can get around this with out destroying a pice of history?
 
dirtymonroe said:
No way, that stinks! I was just looking into buying a p08 and doing a barrel swap, but if I can't keep both, what's the point! Is there any way I can get around this with out destroying a pice of history?
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Not so short answer and not exactly answering your question: yes

(give the barrel to someone who can legaly own it).
 
I used to take a dim view of reclassifying a 12.6 gun, I no longer do...the 12.6 class is dying a slow death ...by making the guns restricted you open them up to a huge gun buying populace thereby keeping the piece of history in circulation. Not too many family members want these guns, we disposed of a lot of prohibs at my last job ...most inherited from deceased relatives but no longer coveted ...no bearing on the OP but just something to think about, the value in not in the barrel but keeping the piece "alive" ...
 
sparrow said:
I used to take a dim view of reclassifying a 12.6 gun, I no longer do...the 12.6 class is dying a slow death ...by making the guns restricted you open them up to a huge gun buying populace thereby keeping the piece of history in circulation. Not too many family members want these guns, we disposed of a lot of prohibs at my last job ...most inherited from deceased relatives but no longer coveted ...no bearing on the OP but just something to think about, the value in not in the barrel but keeping the piece "alive" ...
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I guess having something is better then nothing. I'm just having a hard time understanding why I have to pay for the actions of some criminal. I mean would they let us change the frame on the mona lisa because some people are frightened by it? It just doesn't make sense to me...
 
Silverback said:
What is the point of that once it is off the original pistol? Once the person with 12(6) dies it is gone anyway.
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Possibly, but that 12(6) could bequeath it to a 12(7), or it could be sold out of country, destruction does not have to be the end result.

I would rather export for sale to the US (or Switzerland, or Germany or ....) than deactivate it or turn it in for destruction.
 
Silverback said:
What is the point of that once it is off the original pistol? Once the person with 12(6) dies it is gone anyway.
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The point is that it would go to the gov't for destruction, and like fcuk would i let that happen! Those fcukers can keep their paws off of our stuff.

If anyone wants to dump a prohib barrel, I'll take it. Hell, I will even pay for shipping.



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john@ said:
Possibly, but that 12(6) could bequeath it to a 12(7), or it could be sold out of country, destruction does not have to be the end result.

I would rather export for sale to the US (or Switzerland, or Germany or ....) than deactivate it or turn it in for destruction.
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Think locally, act globally?!:D:p
 
I figure the 12(6) guns will eventually mostly become deactivated and kept without license. It sucks - but it is an alternative.
 
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