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2/7/2008 7:29:08 AM EDT
A friend has an ill relative with a DWAT MG.  I dont know the whole story, but he says  it was a bring back and has the paper work.  

How could this be transfered, and can it legally be restored to full auto?
2/7/2008 7:38:32 AM EDT
[#1]
It will transfer using a tax-free form 5.

Once the transfer is approved you can take possession of it.

Then, to re-activate it, you have the option of doing it yourself using a form 1 or having a Class 2 FFL/SOT do it for you. In this case, they register it on a form 2 and transfer it back to you using a tax-paid form 4.
2/7/2008 7:40:42 AM EDT
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It will transfer using a tax-free form 5.  


transfer to anyone on a form 5, or just family members?
2/7/2008 7:42:48 AM EDT
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It will transfer using a tax-free form 5.  


transfer to anyone on a form 5, or just family members?

Anyone.
2/7/2008 9:49:43 AM EDT
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It will transfer using a tax-free form 5.  


transfer to anyone on a form 5, or just family members?

Anyone.

Yup. Because they are not live machine guns, there is no transfer tax (unless or until you decide to reactivate them; then, you pay the $200 tax when you file the Form 1, or alternatively you take possession from the C2 who is converting it for you, via the $200-tax Form 4).
2/7/2008 9:50:35 AM EDT
[#5]
SONOFABITCH

Grandma called the local police about the machine gun.  Responding officer knew what the item was and understood what it was.  He went back that night, with a form 5 and bought the MG for $200.
2/7/2008 9:56:43 AM EDT
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SONOFABITCH

Grandma called the local police about the machine gun.  Responding officer knew what the item was and understood what it was.  He went back that night, with a form 5 and bought the MG for $200.

Damn....  
2/7/2008 10:16:25 AM EDT
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Where does one get this form 5 ?
2/7/2008 10:18:13 AM EDT
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Where does one get this form 5 ?

The same places you get Form 1s, Form 4s, etc. Either order them by mail from BATFE, or download them here: titleii.com/Forms.htm
2/7/2008 10:19:05 AM EDT
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SONOFABITCH

Grandma called the local police about the machine gun.  Responding officer knew what the item was and understood what it was.  He went back that night, with a form 5 and bought the MG for $200.
What was it?
2/7/2008 10:21:59 AM EDT
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SONOFABITCH

Grandma called the local police about the machine gun.  Responding officer knew what the item was and understood what it was.  He went back that night, with a form 5 and bought the MG for $200.
What was it?


I dont know, just that it was US, WWII, steel with a wire stock. I'm guessing an M3.
2/7/2008 10:51:14 AM EDT
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SONOFABITCH

Grandma called the local police about the machine gun.  Responding officer knew what the item was and understood what it was.  He went back that night, with a form 5 and bought the MG for $200.


Have them cancel the transfer.  No big deal and completely legal, even if the transfer has been approved, as long as the item itself hasn't changed hands yet.

Joe
2/7/2008 11:50:20 AM EDT
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SONOFABITCH

Grandma called the local police about the machine gun.  Responding officer knew what the item was and understood what it was.  He went back that night, with a form 5 and bought the MG for $200.


Have them cancel the transfer.  No big deal and completely legal, even if the transfer has been approved, as long as the item itself hasn't changed hands yet.

Joe

That's what Id do.  If said story is true.  Grandma just lost a whole lot of money.
2/7/2008 11:54:19 AM EDT
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SONOFABITCH

Grandma called the local police about the machine gun.  Responding officer knew what the item was and understood what it was.  He went back that night, with a form 5 and bought the MG for $200.


Have them cancel the transfer.  No big deal and completely legal, even if the transfer has been approved, as long as the item itself hasn't changed hands yet.

Joe

That's what Id do.  If said story is true.  Grandma just lost a whole lot of money.


its not my place to do anything. I was only contacted because a friend of a friend who knows the guys wife knows I sell machine guns....  
I dont even have a phone number, they called from a phone blocked by caller ID.

2/7/2008 12:30:56 PM EDT
[#14]
Oh well... que sera, sera.
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