marcodelat
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Any 922R parts count Convictions?
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evan price
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The main problem with 922(r) is that it does not define exactly what "US-MADE" means.
I'm not talking Clinton-speak ("is"?) jargon, I mean- what makes a part US Made?
Recently a bru-haha came up on another forum about a well known maker taking surplus foreign components, modifying and refinishing them, and selling them as their own "US" part for 922 compliance. It was also mentioned that another major maker was taking obviously used foreign milsurp magazine flooplates and stamping them US MADE and selling them as a 922(r) part.
With receivers, you can buy 80% receivers and they are not a "gun" according to ATF.
What about other stuff? With the way parts get subcontracted and passed around from caster to machining to final prep/polish to paint/surface finish to packaging, where does it become US Made?
Can you take old used parts (as a "core" let's say) and rebuild the old part to meet new specs, then call it US-Made?
If you take a trigger that is rough cast overseas and finish machining it and paint it, is that enough to call it US-Made?
If you take a trigger that is removed from a foreign milsurp parts kit, remachine it (which removes those foreign proofmarks), refinish it, and stamp US-MADE on it, is that US made?
If you take a foreign milsurp trigger and just stamp it "US-MADE" is it then US Made?
ATF has ruled that gunsmith type work such as refinishing firearme requires an FFL now. Would simply refinishing a part transform it to US-MADE status?
I'm not talking Clinton-speak ("is"?) jargon, I mean- what makes a part US Made?
Recently a bru-haha came up on another forum about a well known maker taking surplus foreign components, modifying and refinishing them, and selling them as their own "US" part for 922 compliance. It was also mentioned that another major maker was taking obviously used foreign milsurp magazine flooplates and stamping them US MADE and selling them as a 922(r) part.
With receivers, you can buy 80% receivers and they are not a "gun" according to ATF.
What about other stuff? With the way parts get subcontracted and passed around from caster to machining to final prep/polish to paint/surface finish to packaging, where does it become US Made?
Can you take old used parts (as a "core" let's say) and rebuild the old part to meet new specs, then call it US-Made?
If you take a trigger that is rough cast overseas and finish machining it and paint it, is that enough to call it US-Made?
If you take a trigger that is removed from a foreign milsurp parts kit, remachine it (which removes those foreign proofmarks), refinish it, and stamp US-MADE on it, is that US made?
If you take a foreign milsurp trigger and just stamp it "US-MADE" is it then US Made?
ATF has ruled that gunsmith type work such as refinishing firearme requires an FFL now. Would simply refinishing a part transform it to US-MADE status?
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