Deactivated sadness

[stickhunter]

Sadly, I imagine we'll be seeing more of this in the years to come, unless there's a drastic change in this country... this deactivated CZ 75 40th Anniversary pistol was just posted for sale on another site. I would think there's some variation in how to satisfy the CFP's requirements to deactivated/deregister a handgun, but this looked pretty heavy-handed to me, especially the crudeness of the barrel/slide weld.

The ad mentions:

Selling a near mint condition deactivated CZ 75B pistol, 40th anniversary edition. CZ wood grips, engraved blued slide and matte frame, all matching numbers.

... I think there's a missing "[formerly] near mint condition" in that description.

I guess there's no particular purpose to this post except to commiserate with other handgun owners who might be forced into making some hard decisions about their possessions.

 

[tigrr]

That is so sad what they did. They are other options. Normally they just weld a plug in the barrel.

 

[Painkillers]

Infuriating.

 

[NAA]

Plain sad... just damn sad that is.

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NAA.

 

[tiriaq]

I dislike deactivations.
But if a deactivation is to be done, it should be done by a gunsmith who has skill and proper equipment. He should be creative and know enough about firearm design to be able to perform a deactivation so that it is externally undetectable.
All too many deactivations are hack jobs. In the case of this CZ, no effort was made to make the welds unobtrusive or invisible.
A hack job by a hack. Someone who was too incompetent to do a decent job.

 

[Bfranklin]

Unconscionable and inexcusable.

Swords and plowshares something something.

 

[IanON]

I like it, it screams... "I am a total puss..."

 

[pmt]

I dislike deactivations.
But if a deactivation is to be done, it should be done by a gunsmith who has skill and proper equipment. He should be creative and know enough about firearm design to be able to perform a deactivation so that it is externally undetectable.
All too many deactivations are hack jobs. In the case of this CZ, no effort was made to make the welds unobtrusive or invisible.
A hack job by a hack. Someone who was too incompetent to do a decent job.

Serious question - what difference does it make how well or how poorly the deactivation was done? Ultimately it's deactivated making it a worthless piece of steel. If it's sitting on a desk holding down your tax returns or hanging on the wall, is anyone going to look closely at it and say to you "bummer about the visible welds"? Scrap steel is currently $140USD/metric ton

 

[tiriaq]

Serious answer. They do not sell at scrap steel prices. Look at what dewats sell for at auction. A clean job that presents well will do better.

 

[B]

People are free to do what they like with their property, unless government says otherwise of course... Regardless, this always, always pisses me off. It hurts doubly for me since the 75 is hands down my favorite pistol platform.

 

[Karnage]

I've had one of our site sponsor's here do a couple new handguns for me. One had the barrel tip/hammer welded and the other you could click the trigger and pull back the hammer. No rhyme or reason to the methods changing.

 

[ravenzoom]

My first ever firearm is a CZ 85 Combat that I still have and love. Sad to see this.

 

[fire@will]

I've been drawn to guns, particularly hand guns, since I was first made aware of them when I was 5 years old. I have since collected a few - lost count years ago. There is nothing in my collection that doesn't function - and function well. I would absolutely have less than no interest in having a gun shaped lump of steel, that no longer worked as intended.
Be like having a '68 Charger in my garage and when you lifted the hood, there were 4 concrete blocks stacked in there - instead of a Hemi. - Different strokes, I guess.

 

[mephisto002]

I can imagine that this is the LAST option, still better than go to the smelter.

 

[ravenzoom]

I can imagine that this is the LAST option, still better than go to the smelter.

Given only those two choices I guess you're right. I surely hope things get reversed after the next election...

 

[call2arms]

I can imagine that this is the LAST option, still better than go to the smelter.

Third option is broken down as parts and destroy frame only

 

[Form4473]

Look how they massacred my boy....

 

[infidel29]

Serious question - what difference does it make how well or how poorly the deactivation was done? Ultimately it's deactivated making it a worthless piece of steel. If it's sitting on a desk holding down your tax returns or hanging on the wall, is anyone going to look closely at it and say to you "bummer about the visible welds"? Scrap steel is currently $140USD/metric ton

Yep. I don't care how pretty it looks. If it doesn't function, it's worthless. Anyone who spends more than $1 on a dewat paperweight has too much money and not enough sense in my opinion

 

[guntech]

I have no attraction for a dewat the way the RCMP requires for de-registration. The problem isn't a lack of skill with the smiths as much as what the RCMP require.

 

[Arietta]

I can imagine that this is the LAST option, still better than go to the smelter.

Not really a better option. A dewat is like having your high school sweetheart and her family move in across the street thirty years later. Not as pretty, of no interest whatsoever and an unwelcome reminder of what once was.