Strange British Naval Sabre

adrian · Yesterday, 11:20 PM

I couldn't agree more. I recently imported two British c1840 percussion single shot pistols. To my dismay the import permits I had from the Victorian Police was useless due to a new importation of hanguns law since 'Bondi'. Now a Home Affairs Firearms Import Permit is required - the only snag is that they have no pathway for antique hanguns in place yet, so playing the waiting game there. In this case they have sidelined a perfectly functional system and replaced it with a dysfunctional system.

I don't know why this museum initially chose to destroy rather than sell off their "foreign" arms collection.

It was due to their storage space being reduced and some things had to go, however that they could have even considered such destruction beggars belief and thank goodness that did not occur. I gather that other museum/s were given a chance to select important items prior to the remainder being sold by auction and so some items remain in public collections, where they are unlikely to ever be on display anyway......

Yesterday, 11:20 PM	#7
adrian Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 138	I couldn't agree more. I recently imported two British c1840 percussion single shot pistols. To my dismay the import permits I had from the Victorian Police was useless due to a new importation of hanguns law since 'Bondi'. Now a Home Affairs Firearms Import Permit is required - the only snag is that they have no pathway for antique hanguns in place yet, so playing the waiting game there. In this case they have sidelined a perfectly functional system and replaced it with a dysfunctional system. I don't know why this museum initially chose to destroy rather than sell off their "foreign" arms collection. It was due to their storage space being reduced and some things had to go, however that they could have even considered such destruction beggars belief and thank goodness that did not occur. I gather that other museum/s were given a chance to select important items prior to the remainder being sold by auction and so some items remain in public collections, where they are unlikely to ever be on display anyway......