Overview
- The national Operation Pivot amnesty runs from 2 to 27 February 2026 across England and Wales for five specified Bruni top or side‑venting blank‑firers.
- Owners can hand in the listed models anonymously without prosecution during the amnesty, with possession after 27 February carrying potential sentences of up to 10 years.
- The reclassified models are the Bruni BBM Model 92, New Police, Model 96, ‘GAP’ (all 8mm PAK self‑loading pistols) and the .380R (9mmK) BBM ME Ranger revolver.
- Regional forces including Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Essex, Northumbria and Durham, and Devon & Cornwall have published local hand‑in sites and times.
- Police advise calling 101 for transport guidance and carrying items in a bag or box out of public view, citing over 70 Bruni devices recovered in crimes nationally and at least five homicides since 2023.