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ATF yellow sheet ?

taperloctaperloc Member Posts: 420 ✭✭✭
edited December 2008 in Ask the Experts
When did the ATF start requiring the yellow sheet for firearms purchases. I think it is form 4473.
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  • NwcidNwcid Member Posts: 10,674 ✭
    edited November -1
    Well it has been a long time. Depends on what yellow sheet you are talking about for what kind of sales. I am not sure when the first 4473 was done or what color it was. When I started buying firearms it was yellow. Then for about the last 10 -12 years it was white on paper hooked together like tractor feed printer paper. I believe it was on the 15th of this month, maybe last that they went back to yellow that is now in a book style.

    Also the 4473 is only required for sales from an FFL.
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  • dcinffxvadcinffxva Member Posts: 2,830 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Weren't they a result of the GCA of 1968 ?
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  • Wehrmacht_45Wehrmacht_45 Member Posts: 3,377
    edited November -1
    Yes the 4473 came about after the Gun Control Act of 1968. Before that you could often mail order guns.
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  • XP100XP100 Member Posts: 435 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I opened my shop[ a little over 7 trs. ago and they were yellow. Then whitr. Nov. 15th. deadline for new forms was extended Until Jan. 1, 09
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  • dfletcherdfletcher Member Posts: 8,178 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    FWIW, I notice the newl 4473 prints out "yes" or "no" (check one) regarding those 12 or so little questions we must answer - this is probably a help to FFLS who most likely had to remind folks to write the complete answer and not abbreviate.

    There is a new classification listed for new, stripped receivers only referred to on the form as "Other". Previously a firearm was sold as a long gun or a handgun, "other" provides some flexibility regarding AR and AK handgun builds if one is so inclined. Since a firearm (new stripped receiver) sold as "other" may be built into a handgun, sale of stripped frames is restricted to persons 21 years or older - this includes AR stripped lowers.
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