when are guns considered deactivated by law??

[technical]

i wanted to know to what extent the parts of a firearm have to be removed/altered for it to be no longer classified as a firearm under Indian law.??
is removing the firing pin enough?? or does the sear(and/or)trigger group have to be removed as well. should the barrel be blocked too.??


thank you for your time,
regards,
technical

[farook]

This is all the arms act says


45. Act not to apply in certain cases – Nothing in this Act shall apply to-
"(c) any weapon of an absolute pattern or of antiquarian value or in disrepair which is not capable of being used as a firearm either with or without repair"

[mundaire]

If it is to be rendered unworkable even with repair, I'm guessing that plugging/ drilling one or more holes in the barrel would be the bare minimum required. JMHO.

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[technical]

thank you @mundaire & @farook
for a semi automatic pistol if we simply change the barrel plugging the old barrel is ineffective to be considered deactivated by law.
maybe removing and destroying the sear is the bare minimum??
because machining a new sear would mean effectively manufacturing a new firearm??
in the USA full auto sears are registered and are cannot be machined legally without a FFL.
but what about in india?? is machining a sear equivalent to manufacturing a new firearm??

regards,
technical

[mundaire]

In India the law ignores minor parts of dual use, like springs, screws, etc. However the law (here) considers all other parts as a firearm in of itself! An unfortunate situation and one of NAGRI's suggestions is to amend the law to properly define a firearm (legally) as being the receiver/ action and treating the rest only as parts not constituting an arm in of themselves.

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[technical]

@mundaire thanks a lot
so removing the sear and destroying it should render the firearm inoperable by "reapair" as getting a new sear would constitute a new firearm??
regards,
technical

[mundaire]

No, I did not say that! Read my last post again - carefully...

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