D and B Militaria Reviews 

Thanks to Barry and his staff when I ordered my new purchase. I traded in my 50 round drum mag and gave me a great price on request. The rifle was delivered promptly and very well packed. They deactivated my German flare pistol when I gave it to them at a show to value and said it was live. Quick service. Will use again.

I’ve dealt with D+B militaria in the past and have been very pleased with their service
Yesterday I purchased I a German B1E from them and within less than 24 hours the item arrived safely very well packed and actually better overall condition than their description stated.
I can’t praise them high enough and will be using them again in the near future I,m sure .

Terrible customer service - on more than one occasion. Paid a deposit on a de-act., several months later, being totally ignored by the firm and no sign of the item I am waiting for - which WAS at the Proof House several months ago...
The second negative experience: I ordered an item from them via a third party outlet (they also sell via an auction house too) unknown to me or I'd have not bothered - as D & B managed to mess up the 48Hour Tracked shipping that I paid for by entering a totally different postcode than the one they'd been given....and not one that I ever had any connection to: this only took eight days to sort out, with a lot of blame passing from this firm to/from the third party, so well past the 2 day delivery I had expected/paid for. A basic lack of attention to detail but no problem for THEM as they had their money, so stuff the customer!

quick delivery and product in great condition
very helpful staff, especially Tom

Up until now, I have not had the best of experiences with dealing with this company. However, there are positive factors to consider regarding this company that have recently come to light. So I will address this rather fairly:
1, In 2019 - I made purchase a Schmidt Rubin 1889, that had been advertised in having matching numbers. What I received was a mock up of one made of spare parts that had a clipped magazine strip that I couldn't even cycle inert bullets with. I made a complaint to Google, and D&B Militaria responded, by sending somebody to make an exchange for another. One which I gratefully accepted, and is one I'm rather fond in having. Having received it as a sort of untouched time capsule, from which I have over the years up to this enjoyed restoring.
As of this year, 2023, and decided to give D&B another chance, in buying one more rifle from them. A Steyr Mannlicher 1886, which was not a batched item like the Rubin, and they were even helpful enough to show me pictures. But upon recieving the item, even though I was forewarned the bolt stuck, which is not uncommon with these models. There was a reason for this particular model that had been overlooked. And it was because it had a cracked bolt, and looked like somebody had a go hammering it back in whilst assisting it with oil to slide back in. But before I fully cotton onto that fact, I managed to pull it out but couldn't get it back in.
From that point I felt I had been duped into buying an off the books deactivated weapon. With the purpose of ensuring that this obsolete calibre intact rifle could not be used if somebody tried to reproduce the bullet. In this case -me. Even though its perfectly legal to reproduce the bullet, if you have a section 1 firearms licence and have your particular registered as one at a gun club if you intended to fire it. In any case, I felt rather offended and felt I would not get my money back if I complained about it.
As it turned out, I was wrong -and the staff came across as rather understanding with the problem. And we're quite willing to send somebody to collect the rifle, without there being any expense to me. And quite surprisingly refunded me in paying also back for the delivery that had been included in the charge when I'm bought it. So I'm quite grateful for that; but I shall ask them that next time they make proper inspection of each obsolete that it is undamaged. At least from the external point of view. And if it is, mark it as in need for restoration. But I shall keep them on my books for now, and hope they read this and recognise there is need for improvement.

First Class Service
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Website
And Helpful Members Of Staff.

A very fast transition to taking delivery all exactly what I ordered,
Id definitely recommend
Thanks folks

Excellent service by Tom and the team. Very professional.

Mike. Merseyside.

I phoned D and B Militaria a couple of weeks ago to order an item and get some advice on delivery methods. I spoke to Barry and he provided friendly and accurate advice. The correct item arrived punctually.

Great experience, great team, thank you very much, will do business again.

My second buy now from this trustworthy company - 1 replica and 1 blank firing Luger - fantastic comunication , go out there way to advise. Prices are very fair and delivery is bang on! Next day!
Very pleased with both items and no doubt will be buying again
Many thanks

Have been using DB for a number of years and have found they meet all my collection requirements and provide first class service for the collector

Great communication system and fast payments at a fair price for inherited memorabilia. Would recommend.

Excellent
I emailed them with a couple of questions and I made a purchase which arrived within 24 hours. The deactivated firearm is in excellent condition and is as advertised.

purchased many revolvers and rifles from d&b all excellent quality and very pleased with my purchases.excellent company to deal with great deals made,looking forward to dealing again.Kevin from Barry

Excellent service and great stock. I made an initial purchase from D&B last year and was so pleased with it I just bought two more items, one is a Sagger missile in it's transit case - not an easy thing to ship! Again perfect transaction. Very pleased, happy to recommend and will check out their stock next time I have some spare money to spend.

Recommended
I've bought from D and B a few times.
Correspondence is always good, delivery times and processing brilliant.
Delivery has always been prompt.
Good wife range of items at reasonable prices.

Generally good though, recommend!
I suffer from mental ill health so sometimes I can be a bit on edge with various things and my mood is like a yo yo.i wish I didn't and it can't be a tad embarrassing.
Hope I haven't upset them with my long emails. 🙈

Outstanding service. Superlative amount of stock. The market leader in uk militaria, particularly deactivated weaponry. Doing business with them for years. They process your order with military precision, particularly Tom and Charlie ( the logistical elite of the company). Many thanks to Dan for getting me a rare .442 kynoch round at a good price.

I used the WhatsApp option on the website & got a response after hours which is great service.
I then rang and spoke to Dan and he was very helpful
I then ordered yesterday and it arrived today.
Very good service!

Despite minor complications in the beginning, the item was delivered within two days of shipping and the sellers were ready to help (sometimes within minutes).The 7.62x39 magazine is good quality and I'm very pleased with my overall experience.