No SBR engraving requirement
The guys at Uzi Talk asked the ATF if, as reported by everyone including me, an SBR was required to be engraved when made my an individual out of an existing firearm. They ATF said it was not required. Cool. They have a scan of the letter.
Update: Some snark in the comments at Uzi Talk:
And the ATF says, that Oly Arms can replace M16 receivers, oh wait no they say they can’t sorry, you guys who had your receivers replaced with post 86 manuf. recievers are grandfathered, wait we will have to review that opinion.
The ATF says you can’t have a short barrel TC and a Buttstock and rifle barrel kit. Oh wait they changed thier mind.
The ATF says you can’t have a home based, FFL, and you must provide a floor plan of your shop to the ATF with the locations of your firearms. Wait a minute we were just making shit up again, nevermind.
The ATF says that inline muzzle loading rifles are modern firearms because they ignite with modern primer ignition, oh wait we change our minds again but we are sure that 209 shotgun primers are actually ammunition and convicted felons can not buy shotgun primers. Check with us next week to be sure.
The ATF says the lower receiver of an AR15 is a firearm the upper receiver is parts. The ATF says the lower reciever of a FAL is a spare part and the upper receiver is a firearm. The ATF says the pistol frame of a Browning buckmark is a firearm and the barrel/slide assy. is a spare part. The ATF says the grip fram of the Ruger 22 pistol is a spare part, and the barrel/slide assy. is a firearm.
The ATF says model rockets motors over 1/4 oz of solid fuel is a destructive device requiring registration, oh never mind they are just rocket motors after all. The ATF says if a firearm fires more than one projectile with a single pull of a trigger it’s a machinegun, but a 12ga shotgun shooting 12 pellet 38 caliber with one pull of the trigger is not a machinegun. The ATF says a rifles bore weapon over 50 caliber is a destructive device, but 12ga rifled barrels shooting slugs, and 600 and 700 nitro express, well our banker friends like to hunt with those so they are sporting rifles, but a Boys 55 rifle is destructive even though a boys converted to 50BMG is more powerfull it’s non-destructive.
See a pattern here. ATF gives opinions, congress and legislature make laws.
An ATF opinion is not worth the FFL newsletter it is written on.
Heh.
February 27th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
heh.
He forgot to work in the “Street Sweeper”, and other destructive device shotguns.
March 3rd, 2006 at 11:32 am
[…] I reported before that the ATF ruled that SBRs that you make out of existing weapons do not need to be engraved. The ATF has now backtracked err clarified that you, in fact, are required to do so. Here’s the letter. […]