Originally Posted by
ExAscoteer2
The L103A2 is quintessentially a L98A2 Cadet General Purpose Rifle, but with a solid barrel and no full length firing pin (indeed the firing pin aperture on the forward face of the bolt is welded up).
As a result of the Police investigation into this incident, it was decided that the L103A2 is a Section 5 Firearm that has not been correctly deactivated IAW extant legislation, having no Proof House stamp (despite the fact that the weapons were never ‘deactivated’ but constructed as Drill Purpose by Heckler and Koch). This meant that, at the beginning of Mar, we ran around like one-armed paper hangers collecting the L103s and taking them back to Parent Units (and this had to be done IAW Section 5 Firearm rules, ie Driver and escort for the weapon carrying vehicle, plus an escort vehicle). That was a fun day, NOT!
If by "solid barrel" you mean that it was a solid lump of metal with the outward appearance of a barrel sans bore, I despair at the suggestion it is a S.5 firearm. I would argue that as it was never functional from the point of manufacture, then is is a 'Realistic Imitation Firearm' of which there is a clear definition in statute. The real argument would revolve around the practicality of boring the barrel and it being capable of firing projectiles..... The answer is really very simple, just make the barrel out of a white metal casting. Job done.