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Posted: 1/21/2009 1:28:51 PM EDT
| Is it legal to replace a registered receiver that has worn out? I know during the AW ban days you could replace a damaged magazine with new parts, just wondering if you can do the same thing with Class III? |
No.
Once a NFA MG wears out or NFA sear breaks it cannot be replaced. In the eyes of the ATF if a transferable NFA receiver is worn out it cannot be replaced, because the replacement receiver would be creating a new post '86 machine gun. This means there would be another NFA gun off the registry and someone will be out a lot of cash. There may be a chance to fix a receiver IF the serial number will not be touched in any way, but I could be wrong about that. |
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May be repaired, but not replaced.
Olympic arms recently got their fingers slapped by the BATF for "remanufacturing" transferrable pre-86 RR's. Personally, I would not touch one of these with a 10-ft pole - they are prime pickens for NFA confiscation when they get the whim ....... just look at the BRP XMG debocle - 5-years into manufacture and the BATF decides that the are posties when installed on an M16 receiver ...................  
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May be repaired, but not replaced. Olympic arms recently got their fingers slapped by the BATF for "remanufacturing" transferrable pre-86 RR's. Personally, I would not touch one of these with a 10-ft pole - they are prime pickens for NFA confiscation when they get the whim ....... just look at the BRP XMG debocle - 5-years into manufacture and the BATF decides that the are posties when installed on an M16 receiver ...................   oly got a pee-pee slap because they were remanufacturing lowers that had been converted by a third-party. even though they were the original manufacturer of the reciever, they were NOT the manufacturer of the *machinegun*. outside of that though, no. you cannot replace an old or busted MG recievers. you can repair them, but not replace. |
| Repair not replace is the safe bet. I thought however that if the old reciever was compleatly destroyed and a replacement was made with the same serial # and proof of destruction of the old, that it could be done, but then again, the ATF like to change its mind as much as a woman does. |
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