How To Dispose of an Inoperable Receiver?

Fairlane66

Several years ago I purchased a Winchester Model 59 Pigeon Grade shotgun that had a cracked aluminum receiver. Cracks were so significant that repairs weren't economically feasible for me, so I used the parts to restore another Pigeon Grade shotgun. I then tried to sell the cracked receiver on the auction side, thinking someone might have the capability and desire to repair a Pigeon Grade piece, but no luck. It has been sitting in the gun safe taking up space ever since. I'll probably try to sell it one more time, but suspect the results will again be negative, which will then lead me to dispose of the item. My questions: How does one properly dispose of an inoperable receiver? I assume, even though inoperable, it's still a receiver in the eyes of the law and needs to be properly disposed of? How does one define "proper" when it comes to disposing of a serial numbered receiver? I suppose I could take it to the local sheriff's office and hand it over. Any thoughts or recommendations? Thanks!

asphalt cowboy

Any method that renders it un-repairable would suffice.
Personally, I don't care for cutting aluminum with a torch. I'd clamp it in my big vise and pound it into chunks with a BFH (big bleening hammer) and toss the chunks in with the rest of my scrap aluminum.

Tflogger

quote:Originally posted by asphalt cowboy
Any method that renders it un-repairable would suffice.
Personally, I don't care for cutting aluminum with a torch. I'd clamp it in my big vise and pound it into chunks with a BFH (big bleening hammer) and toss the chunks in with the rest of my scrap aluminum.


+1

ruger41

Or take it to one of the dumb gun buy back things for a gift card.

charliemeyer007

Got any local gunsmiths, they might know someone that would like to try and weld it for training/practice or have it on the counter as a example of when things go wrong.

I would think hack sawing it in 3 pieces would be easy enough.

p3skyking

Throw in a can collectors bag. It's broke, no need to make a federal case out of it.

62fuelie

I had an AR receiver go bad so I took a Dremel with a cut-off disc and cut out the serial number and taped it to my inventory then cut it in three pieces with an angle grinder. It was a DRMO M-16, so when the feds came to do an inventory check, just showed them the SN and photos of the cut receiver body and they marked it "Field Destroyed".

dfletcher

I screwed up reloading a few years back and wrecked a 70's Smith Model 25. IIRC ATF website has a "how to" on cutting up a receiver so that it's no longer considered a gun. The cutting up points were pretty intuitive and there's no such thing as cutting up too much.

fordsix

one pound of tannerite outa do it[^]

bpost

Contact the manufacturer and see if they will offer any compensation towards a new gun!!!

nunn

Last one I had to dispose of, I smashed it into uselessness with a hammer, and then sacked it up with the aluminum cans for recycling.

Oh yeah...I am a FFL, so I made the entry "DESTROYED" in my bound book.