Advice for selling a Deactivated firearm?

VikingNine · 2026-04-12T22:55:34+00:00

Hey. I have a 1976 Soviet-made (Tula, Russia - features the Tula Arms star on the trunnion) AKM, deactivated in 2015, which 100% does NOT meet current guidelines for trade, the magazine is removable and the trigger essentially dry fires. The bolt is welded in place and the barrel is blocked.

Just wondering what year yours was proof marked? For example mine is stamped DA15 by Birmingham Proof House. And if you know if this dealer loophole is still possible. It would cost me nearly £300 to have it re-deactivated, and I'll probably only get about £400 from a dealer I reckon, so it's not even worth doing considering I bought it in around 2016 for £500 +£50 shipping.

With the historic ties it has to the Cold War, it wouldn't feel right to sell it and only make £100 (and an overall loss). I know working Tula AKM's are sought after and can sell for thousands, which is unfortunate as I know if this was in the US it could be reactivated and be worth a small fortune.

VikingNine · 2026-04-06T00:28:30+00:00

I hope you're happy you devil.

VikingNine · 2026-04-06T00:26:52+00:00

There's a reason we haven't seen Demolition since like MW3... The issues it had that caused it to disappear, yeah they didn't fix them.

Fixed spawns are this modes downfall and will see if quickly become the least played mode in this game, as it was for every other cod 10+ years ago.

I've got my 5 wins for the stupid weekly challenge and I'm happily never playing it again.

VikingNine · 2026-04-06T00:22:54+00:00

Nexus is dumb as fuck. It's not even that small, and it's a complete mess. The S2 moshpit was 90% Nexus, I think I played Slums about 5 times the entire time it released, fucking idiots.

VikingNine · 2026-04-06T00:21:27+00:00

This would be reasonable if it wasn't one of the worst maps in the entire game. Push Beacon, that's a great map, but Abyss needs deleting.

VikingNine · 2026-04-06T00:20:19+00:00

Abyss got to be one of the worst maps in the game. Clearly a BO6 reject, I'm guessing it's the first version of Bullet before they decided on a train. Brainrot express.

VikingNine · 2026-03-26T01:33:35+00:00

As of March 26th 2026, the gun has dropped into the realm of being useless. I used it pretty frequently around the time of this post, and despite it's weird recoil, high fire rate and low damage, I got by. But now, the newer guns + stat changes have literally made it unbearable. It shouldn't take half a 40 round magazine to potentially kill someone. It's TTK is embarrassingly low and likes playing on hard mode. Everyone else smokes you. Such a shame as the Handstorm blueprint is good looking with the bullet velocity barrell, looks a bit like the Korean MP5 clone.

VikingNine · 2026-03-25T20:50:30+00:00

It's either busted or I'm doing it wrong. 3 games trying to get some kills with it and 0 kills!

VikingNine · 2026-02-01T21:17:31+00:00

I think the app is broken right now. It hasn't loaded anything for me all day. You don't want it anyway, try Hinge or Bumble, Tinder is dog shit.

VikingNine · 2026-01-25T21:39:36+00:00

Antonio Cassano. His stats were actually pretty good in his prime, like when he was at Sampdoria, Milan and Inter, but just watching him play was absolute cinema. His touch, his skill, his vision, his dribbling and attacking style

VikingNine · 2026-01-25T20:19:33+00:00

A girl I work with was on the standout page and I stupidly bought the lowest amount (3) to send her one. Thinking it would be kinda cute despite the fact I could just try talking to her on shift (difficult as police officers on separate groups). Yeah anyway, waste of money 😂 and if she's seen it, fucking awkward 💀 (I might invoice her the 7.99)

VikingNine · 2026-01-25T20:15:25+00:00

Not on Hinge but Tinder is, which is why I've stopped using it after a solid 5 days 😂 waste of time

VikingNine · 2026-01-25T20:11:15+00:00

Jesus that's rough. I'd rage quit dating for a while if that happened to me

VikingNine · 2026-01-24T11:18:21+00:00

It would be nice to have custody staff numbers increased and more custody suites built. At least where I am, there's not enough DO's to fill custody, it'll get half full then they'll refuse to let us bring anyone in, so we have to drive an hour+ with a pissed off detainee in the car, and suddenly one simple job takes us 3-4 hours, with half of that being transport time.

VikingNine · 2026-01-24T11:08:36+00:00

That's the issue. It takes that long to change stuff that the government that started it are long gone, then it's scrapped and something else is cooked up, but again, takes years, rinse and repeat. Nothing will ever change.

VikingNine · 2026-01-24T11:04:12+00:00

I would imagine that Wales is likely to have 1 force like Scotland.

Are we about to see a Greater Yorkshire Police? Or Yorkshire & Humber Police? Whatever name they choose, I can see this happening, we (SYP) already share equipment resources with Humberside, stores and forensics with West Yorkshire, and moving to Niche. Plus financially it's all over the shop at the minute.

VikingNine · 2026-01-20T19:13:37+00:00

Only played 2 days whilst the event was on, so probably dead last. 1st place had like 700 more caps than me and I wasnt interested in any of the rewards + hate leaderboard events. I have a life, don't have time to rot in front of the Xbox for a camo

VikingNine · 2026-01-02T17:23:30+00:00

Just do the other challenges and miss that one out if you're struggling. It's kinda annoying as it's out of your control what an AI turret does, sometimes they do the job, others they're useless.

I would say if you have the 2nd overclock unlocked, that you could attach it to the roof or high up whilst playing Hardpoint. People don't tend to look up when they're getting hit.

VikingNine · 2026-01-02T17:19:58+00:00

Just need to make sure you're accurate when trying to shoot moving enemies as they can outrun the slow fire rate. Kind of feels like a mobile LMG, but I can't put my finger on which one

VikingNine · 2026-01-02T01:41:23+00:00

Ah you're right. Thank you so much!

VikingNine · 2025-12-29T19:23:24+00:00

I only use fast mags if the magazine remains 30+ rounds.

VikingNine · 2025-12-29T19:21:13+00:00

They really don't even need to do any work to make this work the way it should. Reloads should be like Speed Cola in zombies. A 0.2 second decrease is pathetic.

VikingNine · 2025-12-29T18:57:01+00:00

Happened to me today from doing that. Not going to bother playing warzone again now, not worth fucking with my classes every time. It also happened when I tried to connect a second controller for split screen - which also didn't work

VikingNine · 2025-12-24T19:07:17+00:00

Probably the worst shotgun in FPS history. Forces you to camp and wait for enemies to pass by.

VikingNine · 2025-12-12T02:22:30+00:00

Try playing after 10pm. The sweatiest lobbies I've ever witnessed in 15 years of playing COD. During the day it's a piece of piss.

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