Barrel replacement - new court decision

[Desperatezulu]

If you already have a licence for a given calibre and you are replacing the barrel in the same calibre = barrel replacement.

Calibre change = new licence even if using an action that you may have licenced.

[Nishon]

4.2.2 In the past, the only reason accepted to replace a barrel was because it was shot out. Now, this makes it possible to replace a perfectly good one with another of your choice. Also, if you do not have dedicated status, you will still be able to do a barrel change without going over the limit of 4 firearms to your name.

4.2.5 Now you no longer have to licence the barrel first in your own name before you can do a barrel replacement. That alone takes 2-3 months off for the new licence. As long as it is a licenced component, it doesn't have to be in your own name. It can be on your wife's name or the suppliers'.

4.2.6 The perfectly good barrel you replaced can now go back into your own safe to be either kept for later use or sold to someone else to defray costs. Provide you have dedicated status or you are not over the limit if Section 15.

I had my barrel replaced recently and CFR refused me twice because i had 4 firearms to my name and the insisted that i had to get dedicated status if i wanted to replace my shot out barrel.I told them the gunsmith would destroy the old barrel and i didnt want it back.Long story short...i had to get dedicated status then only did they approve the new barrel.so now i have two license cards to shoot one rifle, one card for the existing old rifle with the action serial number and the other card has the barrel serial number.i have to carry both cards to take one rifle.All this took more than a year.

[mac 13]

That is ridiculous. Let us hope that common sense prevails in future .