(g) Antique firearm
The term “antique firearm” means any firearm not designed or redesigned for using rim fire or conventional center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898 (including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system or replica thereof, whether actually manufactured before or after the year 1898) and also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.
I think you are not allowed to sell it or give it away. In otherwords, only the person who made it can own it or use it. But I'm not sure on that.
Correct.A firearm made for you alone does not require a serial number though. IIRC.
Nope, make it anything you want.And you can't just put any old serial number on it. I think you have to apply for a serial number and get it approved by the ATF.
I have a higgins hex barrel in .22 that I picked up at an antique mall a while ago, and wanted to make a single shot .22. What would I need to do to make it legal?
Remo223 is not giving you accurate information. You'll need to follow the law. The rifle would have to have a 16" or longer barrel and the overall length would have to be 26" or longer. Otherwise, you're building an NFA item and will have to file a form with the ATF and purchase a tax stamp for the manufacture of that item. Like Sam posted...nothing...I picked up at an antique mall a while ago, and wanted to make a single shot .22. What would I need to do to make it legal?
Same with the shotgun?
provided 22s are legal to own in your area.
...so long as it does not fall into one of the categories of regulated firearms spelled out in Title II of the National Firearms Act of 1934. So, you can't make a machine gun, SBR, SBS, AOW, Destructive Device, or silencer, even for your own uses, without filing the Form 5320.1 with the ATF first.
I believe the ATF can deny your serial number though...and deny you the authorization to make it. If they so choose.Correct.
Nope, make it anything you want.
You are confused, here. They cannot "deny" you the authorization to make a Title I firearm, because you don't have to ASK them if you may do so. You just BUILD it. When you transfer it to someone else, you must apply the markings I mentioned, to ATF specs. You don't ASK them anything then either as you are not registering the gun with them.I believe the ATF can deny your serial number though...and deny you the authorization to make it. If they so choose.
Must be something like that. There is NO paperwork for Title I firearm fabrication, so you are in essence mixing up something that does exist with something that does NOT exist.Maybe. I might be getting the paperwork for a firearm fabrication mixed up with the paperwork for supressor fabrication.
Yes, except, of course, that the action style cannot be fully automatic, or something the ATF considers to be readily "restorable" to be so. In other words, don't make an open-bolt semi without explicit permission from the Tech Branch to do so.So as long as the length of barrel and length overall are in line with the law, the action makes not a lick of difference?
Well, this is nearly correct, but needs some clarification, I guess.Can not be easily converted to pistol from rifle or vice versa.
There is some risk if, for example, you kept a pistol-only grip around that would fit your gun AND such a combination would be less than 26" overall. Even if you'd never put the gun together that way, the ATF says having a set of parts that could be easily assembled into something illegal is the same as having that illegal thing built