Originally Posted by
Coleslaw
If you have “been messing with NFA stuff for around the same amount of time” then you must know what a pain in the ass an audit can be. Particularly if you have a large inventory, do many transfers, and just the fact that is seems they are working overtime as of late.
And yes, they do look at everything, I said everything whether it is on the registry or not. They definitely want to see SBR’s and SBS’s. My only experience during audit with SBR’s was the aforementioned Hk stuff.
Hey, if you are comfortable with the way you do it, more power to you. As stated, I don’t have the experience with SBR AR15’s that I could find in my A&D. Whatever the case, if an item is in the registry, regardless of what configuration it is in, I treat it as such. That is me.
Nope. I do know people that have had problems with other issues that I questioned the validity. Again, with these guys, you gotta prove you are right, not that they are wrong.
Nope. I will reiterate, AR15’s are a loophole. That is it. As stated, to me it doesn’t matter what upper is on it, the receiver is still in the NFA registry and I will treat it at such. That is the way I would handle it, my experience. I like to fly below the radar and don’t see the point in raising – any points. You may have a different philosophy.
You may recall the jerkoffs that ruined the Olympic receiver swap. Reading all this crap on the internet forums and decide to contact ATF on the legality of sending in a ‘damaged’ A1 receiver to Olympic and getting a new A2 receiver as a replacement. A few got out before ATF slammed the door.
Or how about Bowers and the little .22 ‘’invention” he was part of. Had a LETTER OF APPROVAL from tech branch for the item. Sold a bunch and guess what, AFT CHANGED THEIR MIND and ruled the stock a machine gun AFTER THE FACT. That is a fact.
The moral of the two stories is for the most part in many instances they can do what they want, when they want, on a whim. Their interpretation means more than yours or mine unfortunately. They have and will probably again pass a regulation that might contradict law, and it can get real expensive to argue a point.
Someone said in this thread ‘once a machine gun, always a machine gun’. I feel the same way with SBR AR’s. That is how I would handle it personally. Again, you may have a different philosophy.
On another note, I see a lot of tax stamps there. I can say that many tax stamps is indicative of very little business with dealers, a nice personal collection, or you have a good amount of items ready to ship. Which is it?
Have a Billistics or Flemming pack in the AUG? Also notice a Randall case in the photo. You do Randall’s?