That de-ac description is bang on the money.
On this side of the blue we have stringent laws that mean for a firearm to be classified as deactivated it must be rendered beyond possible re-conversion, i.e. it must be in a state that it cannot possibly be re-worked to bring it back into a condition where it could possibly fire a live round.
That normally means a gunsmith boring out a barrel or cylinder chambers. Then submitting the firearm to one of two proof houses in the UK for certification that the firearm is deactivated.
I've attached a pic of a deactivated Colt Police Positive below. On this model the cylinder chambers have been bored out and the barrel blocked.
I know it might look like sacrilege but the laws in this country are pretty prohibitive.
Peter
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