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Question about 01 FFL and manufacturing

Tony MontanaTony Montana Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
edited November 2007 in Ask the Experts
Probably a dumb question but I'm new to all of this and couldn't seem to find a straight answer in the reg book. I get a headache everytime I open that darn thing.

Does my 01 license allow me to assemble a gun for a customer using purchased parts (eg new Rem 700 receiver, aftermarket barrel/stock/trigger, etc) or is that considered manufacturing?

Thanks for your time,

Tony
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  • tsr1965tsr1965 Member Posts: 8,682 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    IMHO would be to ask your local BATFE agent. He should be able to help you. From experience, if your customer has all the parts, or a donor rifle, and you have a gunsmith license, you should be able to modify it like he wishes.
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  • AZEXAZEX Member Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Correct. You can assemble but not build for resale.

    Then you have to have a manufacturing license 07.

    Also, you cannot sell someone a complete gun in disassembled condition. referred to as "knockdown condition" in the book...that is considered manufacturing.

    D.
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    D., I've got to call you on that last one. Exactly where in the book does it say you can't sell a "knockdown" firearm, as that would be considered manufacturing?

    Neal
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  • duckhunterduckhunter Member Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not a problem. The reciever has a serial number and that is all that matters.
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  • cpermdcpermd Member Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by tsr1965
    IMHO would be to ask your local BATFE agent. He should be able to help you. From experience, if your customer has all the parts, or a donor rifle, and you have a gunsmith license, you should be able to modify it like he wishes.


    My local BATFE agents know less than my dog.
    And she is a pretty smart Beagle.

    Sell the receiver to your customer and then you can legally do whatever the two of you wish.

    CP
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  • Tony MontanaTony Montana Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the info guys!
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  • Riverview SalesRiverview Sales Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    After calling the BATF and talking to three different people. they all said the same, the Receiver is a firearm. stripped or together.
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  • vicg1vicg1 Member Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Riverview Sales
    After calling the BATF and talking to three different people. they all said the same, the Receiver is a firearm. stripped or together.


    BUT after 50 guns you would need to pay the FET! So, keep it under 50 a year!
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  • AZEXAZEX Member Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Any reciever IS a firearm, for purposes of tracing.

    Any receiver is NOT a firearm, for purposes of FET. Only a receiver built into a working firearm, or sold, complete, even in a disassembled state.

    D.
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