OK, I got a verbal answer from the ATF asking if a bare pre-1898 bolt action receiver (an 1893 Argy mauser, to be exact) can have a barrel less than 16" put on it without violating NFA.
The answer is "no".
The claim is that since "I'm sure it left the factory as a rifle" (says the guy) in its original condition, thus it is always a rifle and must go thru the legal process to make a legal SBR out of it. Somehow the barrel was removed between then and now, but it must've been attached back then.
OK, I'll admit it probably did leave as a rifle. But there is no way short of asking the manufacturer to be 'sure'. Think that record exists?
So for what is not legally a firearm according to GCA68 (is it a firearm acc to NFA? I dont know but that does seem important to the issue), the ATF claims jurisdiction over it.
I was thinking it would make a great 'savage stryker' type bolt action in 7.65 Argentine or 6.5 Swede. But not now, looks like..
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The answer is "no".
The claim is that since "I'm sure it left the factory as a rifle" (says the guy) in its original condition, thus it is always a rifle and must go thru the legal process to make a legal SBR out of it. Somehow the barrel was removed between then and now, but it must've been attached back then.
OK, I'll admit it probably did leave as a rifle. But there is no way short of asking the manufacturer to be 'sure'. Think that record exists?
So for what is not legally a firearm according to GCA68 (is it a firearm acc to NFA? I dont know but that does seem important to the issue), the ATF claims jurisdiction over it.
I was thinking it would make a great 'savage stryker' type bolt action in 7.65 Argentine or 6.5 Swede. But not now, looks like..
C-