GoingQuiet said:
TenMillimaster said:
I'm not the authority on the matter, but I thought you could have the old sear destroyed and a new one manufactured, similar to the repair process of a suppressor where each baffle needs to be destroyed before new ones can be made and replaced?
If you find the part of federal law that allows it, post it. I've seen this discussed before and nobody ever expounds upon it after the first post. The same also applies to silencers. If you blow the tube, you are SOL.
As far as there being anything in federal law allowing it, I'll agree that there isn't. And per the ATF's own handbook
"7.5.4 May machinegun receivers be manufactured and used as replacement parts for
machineguns lawfully registered and possessed prior to May 19, 1986?
As previously stated, 18 U.S.C. 922(o) generally makes it unlawful to possess or transfer any machinegun, including a
machinegun frame or receiver, manufactured after May 18, 1986.
Exceptions are provided for weapons produced by a qualified manufacturer for sale to government entities, as dealer sales samples, or for
exportation.
There is no exception allowing for the lawful production, transfer, possession, or use of a
post-May 18, 1986 machinegun receiver as a replacement receiver on a weapon produced prior to May
19, 1986."
http://www.atf.gov/publications/download/p/atf-p-5320-8/atf-p-5320-8-chapter-7.pdf
But saying that, I know and have personally see an example of one, that there are some Olympic Arms receivers that have had registered serial numbers put on new receivers and the original receiver destroyed. Word is this was originally for a defect in the casting material, but was expanded to "out of spec" receivers before the ATF put the end to it. I've also seen some pretty convincing evidence, though I admit its all photographic, that Colt has done the same for some "special people", newer gen receivers with features that didn't exist before the registry closed with old serial numbers on them.
In no way am I saying that you'd be able to get either to do such things now, just that they've been done in the past. Olympic Arms apparently was given a stern talking to and the ATF left it at that.