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    I've handled a few, and most you can barely see the blem. Did see one with a decent sized gouge. On the other, function is flawless, and if you use it as intended you will scratches and dings soon enough. I'm guessing most here care less about cosmetics and rollmarks, and more about the lower being in spec with quality LPK.

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    I barely ever find the blem it's so small

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    But the lower itself is like $100 worth of product.

    Hardly a big chunk of change in the grand scheme.
    Whatever the price of the lower is, you need to add $200. So it does add up for a lower that is now more of a hassle to sell, if you go that route down the road.

    I would have no problem NFAing a blem lower. But from what I'm tracking, you don't care if it's a blemished lower, you want the newer roll mark. From everything I've seen, the blems are older roll marks.

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    See this thread for the Noveske option-
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    Quote Originally Posted by MistWolf View Post
    See this thread for the Noveske option-
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    hmm.....
    Why do the loudest do the least?

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    Why is it harder to sell? Am I missing something?

    Quote Originally Posted by scoutfsu99 View Post
    Whatever the price of the lower is, you need to add $200. So it does add up for a lower that is now more of a hassle to sell, if you go that route down the road.

    I would have no problem NFAing a blem lower. But from what I'm tracking, you don't care if it's a blemished lower, you want the newer roll mark. From everything I've seen, the blems are older roll marks.



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    I don't know? Am I missing something? I'm under the impression that once a lower is on the NFA registry there are only a couple ways to sell it. You can contact the ATF and de-register it or you can sell it as an NFA item to someone else. When you sell to people in other states, aren't there two tax stamps to pay? Or even in state, you have to find a buyer that wants an NFA lower, right?

    What I was getting at is there are more hoops to jump through with an NFA weapon.

    I might have misunderstood something and don't want to step on my dick here...

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    Negative. It's been talked about oh 100 times or so.

    http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/nati...#receiver-sale

    A stripped receiver without a barrel does not meet the definition of a SBR or SBS under the NFA. Although the previously registered firearm would remain registered unless the possessor notified the NFA Branch of the change, there is no provision in statute or regulation requiring registration of a firearm without a barrel because its physical characteristics would make it only a GCA “firearm” pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(3)(B). If the subsequent owner buys the receiver as a GCA firearm and installs a barrel less than 16 inches in length (SBR) or 18 inches in length (SBS), the firearm would be subject to a $200 making tax and registration under the NFA by the manufacturer or maker of the SBR or SBS. Because registration depends upon the stated intent of the applicant, there is no provision to allow registration of a NFA firearm by anyone other than the maker or manufacturer.

    Installation of a barrel greater than 16 inches in length (SBR) or 18 inches in length (SBS) will remove the firearm from the purview of the NFA provided the registrant does not maintain control over the parts necessary to reconfigure the firearm as a SBR or SBS.

    Quote Originally Posted by scoutfsu99 View Post
    I don't know? Am I missing something? I'm under the impression that once a lower is on the NFA registry there are only a couple ways to sell it. You can contact the ATF and de-register it or you can sell it as an NFA item to someone else. When you sell to people in other states, aren't there two tax stamps to pay? Or even in state, you have to find a buyer that wants an NFA lower, right?

    What I was getting at is there are more hoops to jump through with an NFA weapon.

    I might have misunderstood something and don't want to step on my dick here...



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    I wouldn't bother with a blem if I was going to SBR it, especially now that the price delta is only $70.

    FWIW, I have a few BCM blems and I'm still not sure what made them blems.

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    Below is a blem lower I bought from G&R a couple weeks ago. It is an obvious blem. The finish is shiny and there are white specks all over it. This is a work gun that will get beat up in short order anyway, so saving the $70 was worth it. Just be aware that some blem lowers truly are blems.


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