Recent content by esq_stu

Awesome, thanks. I guess once I'm getting fingerprinted I may as well add an NFA item to my own trust as well . . .;)

Post Rule Change - Must All Trustees Submit Fingerprints? Title says it all. I'm a co-trustee on a friend's NFA trust. My wife is a co-trustee on the NFA trust that I established before the rule change. Can someone post a cite or link to an authoritative source (ATF memo, text from rule...

Terrible triggers even with the magazine safety removed. I would not buy one for accuracy. And I would buy a newer one that would be more amenable for hollowpoints unless you want it as a curio. A newer one would be fine for personal defense, but not for any kind of formal target shooting.

My pistol is in the planning stage but I have the parts I need get a pistol built. I have a new in the wrapper Aero stripped lower and basic lower parts kit (about $125 combined); within the last few weeks bought a pistol buffer tube (about $15); buffer and spring ($25). a new 5.56 PSA...

Excellent, and a point that I missed earlier. Makes the MechTech AOK as long as the barrel is left at 16." With any stock Mechtech sells, fixed or collapsible, it would be a rifle. With the stock removed completely it would be a pistol, albeit very front-heavy and awkward.

Doesn't it seem odd that Mechtech can freely sell these kits? http://www.mechtechsys.com/faqs.php#b0 Glock unit with Telestock: 25 7/16 inches OAL 1911 unit with Telestock: 24 3/4 inches OAL XD/XD(M) with Telestock: 25 1/8 inchesOAL Why hasn’t ATF done something about these terrible...

Please back that up with a citation. Because the statute and the definition in the rule most definitely do not say that. My Mechtech was not "made from a rifle." It was made from a Glock. ATF does not care how long it is overall - as long as the barrel is 16 inches or longer, they are not...

It is my understanding that using a pistol receiver on Mechtech CCU does not create an SBR as long as the barrel is over 16 inches long. The overall length only matters when the firearm is made from a rifle. See https://www.atf.gov/file/55526/download An NFA firearm is NOT made by...

What I'm suggesting is that there may be facts that fit a pattern, pointed out in recent ATF guidance, that if present, make it sufficiently suspicious that one knows or SHOULD know that it is not enhancement of a personal collection, but rather, it is likely to be business. Example: seller...

To clarify, my question is not about unlicensed dealers. I know about that. I'm asking about website liability for knowingly allowing the unlicensed sellers to advertize. Website admins have been prosecuted in connection with gambling, copyright infringement, and fraud carried out by...

Can anyone here post a cite to an ATF ruling, case law, rule preamble, or other authority addressing the liability of a web forum that on occasion strongly suspects that members/sellers are NOT FFL licensees and yet still permit "for sale" posts? Can anyone cite a successful prosecution...

Everywhere but at work (major automaker's HQ - weapons banned).

Maybe it's a bad idea, maybe not, maybe they average out, maybe not. I've got 5 BCGs, 4 complete uppers, parts for more. I don't commit any particular BCG to any particular upper. When I go to the range I pick a bolt and an upper and go. So far so good. (I store bolts separately from my...

Negligent entrustment is a common law tort in Michigan - no reason it would not apply to firearms:

Impulse buys. I see a gun for sale, I get an urge, I buy it. Or I get on a kick for a certain gun type or caliber. I read up a little and then start buying. Current kicks: --switch EDC to 357 sig; bought 3, now gotta sell something; --cowboy action; bought a blackhawk, decided I need 2...