Sorry for the thread revival, came across this thread during a Google search, and was curious about this statement:
Quote History Originally Posted By eodinert: For those that don't know, it's perfectly fine to remove manufacturer markings. It's always been fine to remove manufacturer markings.
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Quote History Originally Posted By eodinert: For those that don't know, it's perfectly fine to remove manufacturer markings. It's always been fine to remove manufacturer markings.
27 CFR § 478.34 Removed, obliterated, or altered serial number.
No person shall knowingly transport, ship, or receive in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm which has had the importer's or manufacturer's serial number removed, obliterated, or altered, or possess or receive any firearm which has had the importer's or manufacturer's serial number removed, obliterated, or altered and has, at any time, been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.
Your Brownells lower surely was shipped from Iowa to Arizona at some point in its life. The "at any time" part would seemingly include the time
before you removed, obliterated, or altered the serial number as well as after.
Additionally, Arizona appears to have its own code:
ARS 13-3102
A. A person commits misconduct involving weapons by knowingly:
[...]
6. Defacing a deadly weapon
[...]
Misconduct involving weapons under subsection A, paragraph 1, subdivision (a) of this section or subsection A, paragraph 5, 6 or 7 of this section is a class 6 felony.
ARS 13-3101
2. "Deface" means to remove, alter or destroy the manufacturer's serial number.
JD @ Koted Arms has done most of my Cerakote work, so I'm biased, but it seems he made the call to avoid unnecessary risk to him/his business. Of course, once a serial number is gone, maybe it was a privately made firearm, who's to say?
Edit: I'm pretty sure eodinert is going to come in and say all he removed/wanted removed was the Brownells name and city/state etc., not the serial, which means I'm talking about a totally different thing. Still, good info for people to know.