MP40, need opinions

[António Fragoeiro]

Hola, offer him about 400-500 euros.
But from Latvia, i believe you have customs.
Make sure you can have these in Spain, because over here, laws are fuzzy and only certain people can have them.....
Cheers
Nuno

[Jerry B]

It used to be OK in the UK that weapons could be classed as deactivated by other means, ie if they are a rusty relic with no hope of it ever firing you did not need a certificate, though in more recent years this is now a grey area and if they for instance have a barrel you might have a problem, or so I was advised in regards to my relic P.08. My Luger is a rusty lump with no hope of ever being made fire worthy again and it has a big gash in the barrel, but even so I was advised to get it certified, however a friend dropped it and the barrel has now snapped off, so I never bothered as it is now probably OK, or so I assume. I asked my neighbour the General and he said it was not a problem and he used to be master of the Royal Amouries, so he should know what he is talking about.

[slados28]

Great looking mp40 relic! But, like others have noted, you should make sure that you're allowed to posess such a thing in your country before you close the deal--- I've noticed that some countries are incredibly strict in such matters these days, even with non-functional rusted out relics. Also, the price quoted earlier sounds reasonable for both parties, depending on how you look at it and how badly you want it, of course

[edelweiss123]

It used to be OK in the UK that weapons could be classed as deactivated by other means, ie if they are a rusty relic with no hope of it ever firing you did not need a certificate, though in more recent years this is now a grey area and if they for instance have a barrel you might have a problem, or so I was advised in regards to my relic P.08. My Luger is a rusty lump with no hope of ever being made fire worthy again and it has a big gash in the barrel, but even so I was advised to get it certified, however a friend dropped it and the barrel has now snapped off, so I never bothered as it is now probably OK, or so I assume. I asked my neighbour the General and he said it was not a problem and he used to be master of the Royal Amouries, so he should know what he is talking about.

Cheers Jerry. I was just wondering as James has a Luger which is a semi relic and uploaded it on here and everyone said it was illegal to own without a certificate of deactivation.

[Jerry B]

Cheers Jerry. I was just wondering as James has a Luger which is a semi relic and uploaded it on here and everyone said it was illegal to own without a certificate of deactivation.

Hi Vicky, as I posted, it is somewhat of a grey area and it depends on how knackered it is, though it seems the barrel is the critical part, but this is only my opinion and it might be incorrect. I bought mine years ago and no paper was needed then and it came from a registered seller of de-ac weapons, so certainly then it did not need paperwork and with a snapped off barrel IMO it does not need paperwork now, though that is IMO.