Don't forget guys that gun ownership in Britain is so restricted
that it causes many citizens who enjoy this hobby to live somewhere else (Remember that Patrick is a citizen of the UK and lives in Berlin! He wouldn't be able to own his prize Lugers in the UK unless they were permanently made non-functional)
I think that the mentality of the UK citizenry in general regarding personal firearms ownership has been so damaged that when the custodians of the famous Pattern Room ran out of room to appropriately display their holdings that the "lesser" of the artifacts had to go. Since there is probably no mechanism in the UK for such things to be sold surplus to the population, they probably had no choice but to de-militarize (that term makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!) the "extra" items.
just my $0.02,
John
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