Posted here for a friend with a "hypothetical" situation.
Hypothetical situation. Purely hypothetical. Essentially, does the NFA ban on "short barreled rifles" apply to an antique firearm? Say there's a type of detachable stock rifle made between only 1879 and 1887; There's less than a thousand of them made and the factory has superb records. It was definitely made before 1895. At some point, someone goes and cuts down the barrel to less (way less than) 16 inches, like, lets say, 5 inches, to make a useable pistol out of what was a very cumbersome rifle. The ammunition used in this rifle was used in only that type of rifle, say something like, uh, Smith and Wesson .320 revolving rifle cartridge; and hasn't been made in ages and there is no current production and is not likely to be. The buyer of this firearm would REALLY like to get a factory letter on the sucker; but it has occured to him that the possession of a cut down rifle (which is what it is) may result in ATF agents knocking on his door and picking him up; as well as seizing a potentially priceless firearm. My friend's reading of the NFA indicates that a antique cut down rifle would be exempt from NFA; but given the penalties under NFA, doesn't want to rely upon his own reading of it. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
