Weapons Regulation 2016
sch.4-sec.14Machine gun
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sch.4-sec.14 Machine gun
A machine gun that has a calibre of .50 or less may be modified to make it permanently incapable of being discharged by doing all of the following— boring a calibre size hole in the chamber; inserting a close fitting steel rod, extending from the muzzle to the breech, in the barrel and welding at the muzzle and breech; completely breaking off, grinding off or removing the firing pin; welding the bolt to the receiver either— through the magazine well or the ejection port; or along the exposed surface of the bolt for at least 80% of the bolt’s length; cutting off the magazine lips and removing the spring and follower; filling the magazine with weld; welding the trigger to the receiver; removing all internal working parts that can not be seen from the outside; filling all internal recesses with weld; if the machine gun has a feed cover—welding the feed cover to the receiver. A machine gun that has a calibre of more than .50 may be modified to make it permanently incapable of being discharged by welding it in accordance with the deactivating guide. sch 4 s 14 amd 2017 SL No. 117 s 21 (sch.4-sec.14-ssec.1) A machine gun that has a calibre of .50 or less may be modified to make it permanently incapable of being discharged by doing all of the following— boring a calibre size hole in the chamber; inserting a close fitting steel rod, extending from the muzzle to the breech, in the barrel and welding at the muzzle and breech; completely breaking off, grinding off or removing the firing pin; welding the bolt to the receiver either— through the magazine well or the ejection port; or along the exposed surface of the bolt for at least 80% of the bolt’s length; cutting off the magazine lips and removing the spring and follower; filling the magazine with weld; welding the trigger to the receiver; removing all internal working parts that can not be seen from the outside; filling all internal recesses with weld; if the machine gun has a feed cover—welding the feed cover to the receiver. (sch.4-sec.14-ssec.2) A machine gun that has a calibre of more than .50 may be modified to make it permanently incapable of being discharged by welding it in accordance with the deactivating guide.
- (a) boring a calibre size hole in the chamber;
- (b) inserting a close fitting steel rod, extending from the muzzle to the breech, in the barrel and welding at the muzzle and breech;
- (c) completely breaking off, grinding off or removing the firing pin;
- (d) welding the bolt to the receiver either— (i) through the magazine well or the ejection port; or (ii) along the exposed surface of the bolt for at least 80% of the bolt’s length;
- (i) through the magazine well or the ejection port; or
- (ii) along the exposed surface of the bolt for at least 80% of the bolt’s length;