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Posted: 8/28/2008 5:19:08 AM EDT
| I may sell my AUGa1 it is very early model. It comes w/ box, 5 30 rnd mags, 1 42 rnd, muzzle cap, and sling. It is 99.9 condition, I shot 60 rnds through it. It was unfired when I purchased it. sale price? not sure yet. |
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I sold my GSI AUG A1 shortly after I received my STG-556 for $3500 and it was in 85%-90% condition. If you aren't planning on keeping it I would sell it soon as the price will start to plummet once new production Steyr AUGs that actually say Steyr on the side hit the market. |
| thats just it I don't want to sell it, but Im gun poor now and I don't want to shoot this one to much. I like the older augs anyway, this one is dead on at one hundred meters with groups about the size of my fist. If I sell I think I will ask for $3200.00 for it. I always wanted one of these since I can remember. As for the new aug's - you know what they say about a bird in the hand... . Im just glad to see other people who enjoy this special rifle. |
ARE YOU GUYS SMOKING CRACK? Have you seem who is running for president? I have seen this before and I am sitting on all of my assault goodies till after the election to finance new NFA toys, its how I got into class 3 stuff in the first place. Don't let go of that 99% gun for a dime less than 4k!
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+1 None of my herd will be leaving my fences anytime soon. |
How ya figure that one? Modification of an existing part (that does not make the weapon fire more than one round at a time) does not violated 922. Technically, he could replace the USR stock with an AUG stock to "repair" the dings behind the ejection port since the pistol grip is not "separate" but integrated into the stock. This law is one of the most poorly understood of all the gun control laws (regardless, it is still unconstitutional). 922r does not require that all the numbers match as it was imported - the gun just had to have been an assembled gun before 1990 (and the USRs are even exempted from THAT date). All the special receiver guns were parts guns, and were assembled before 1990... Matt http://www.atf.gov/firearms/building_a_firearm.pdf “It shall be unlawful for any person to assemble from imported parts any semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun which is identical to any rifle or shotgun prohibited from importation under the…[GCA]…Section 925(d)(3)…as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes….” Also, 27 C.F.R. § 478.39 states— “…(a) No person shall assemble a semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun using more than 10 of the imported parts listed in paragraph (c) of this section if the assembled firearm is prohibited from importation under section 925(d)(3) as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes….. 2 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) The assembly of such rifle or shotgun for sale or distribution by a licensed manufacturer to the United States or any department or agency thereof or to any State or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or (2) The assembly of such rifle or shotgun for the purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the Director under the provisions of [§478.151(formerly 178.151)]; or (3) The repair of any rifle or shotgun which had been imported into or assembled in the United States prior to November 30, 1990, or the replacement of any part of such firearm. (c) For purposes of this section, the term imported parts [tabulated below] are: (1) Frames, receivers, receiver castings, forgings, or castings. (2) Barrels. (3) Barrel extensions. (4) Mounting blocks (trunnions). (5) Muzzle attachments. (6) Bolts. (7) Bolt carriers. (8) Operating rods. (9) Gas pistons. (10) Trigger housings. (11) Triggers. (12) Hammers. (13) Sears. (14) Disconnectors. (15) Buttstocks. (16) Pistol grips. (17) Forearms, handguards. (18) Magazine bodies. (19) Followers. (20) Floor plates. As a result of a 1989 study by the U.S. Treasury Department regarding the importability of certain firearms, an import ban was placed on military-style firearms. This ban included not only military-type firearms, but also extended to firearms with certain features that were considered to be “nonsporting.” Among such nonsporting features were the ability to accept a detachable magazine; folding/telescoping stocks; separate pistol grips; and the ability to accept a bayonet, flash suppressors, bipods, grenade launchers, and night sights. Please note that the foreign parts kits that are sold through commercial means are usually cut up machineguns, such as Russian AK-47 types, British Sten types, etc. Generally, an acceptable semiautomatic copy of a machinegun is one that has been significantly redesigned. The receiver must be incapable of accepting the original fire-control components that are designed to permit full automatic fire. The method of operation should employ a closed-bolt firing design that incorporates an inertia-type firing pin within the bolt assembly. 3 Further, an acceptably redesigned semiautomatic copy of nonsporting firearm must be limited to using less than 10 of the imported parts listed in 27 CFR § 478.39(c). Otherwise, it is considered to be assembled into a nonsporting configuration per the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 925(d)(3) and is thus a violation of § 922(r). |
Yes, 922R is a stupid law and I don't believe it to be Constitutional either. However, the USR was imported with a thumbhole stock in 1997. Remove the thumbhole stock without the required US parts-instant non-importable assault rifle. The Steyr website states the "USR thumbhole stocks must be used in compliance to the BATF". |
After further investigation, it appears you are correct - though, I think you will be hard pressed to find a cop who knows the difference (I do not avocate violating the law). Matt |
Another glaring example of "tards" in charge. 
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TPD makes the US parts you need. From what I understand you can SBR the USR and then swap out the stock, but I'm not the ATF so you would have to confirm that with them. |
This is correct TPD makes a 922r conversion kit for the USR SBRing any imported rifle makes 922r moot. (if you live in a gun friendly state, it is often the cheaper way to go for the exotic / rare guns) |
Have you seen the new 1.5x Swarovski optic with the rails? Kind of has a hexagon look to it. Pretty damn cool looking and we all know how clear the glass is. The A3 still has a toolless barrel change, but you'll have to pop off the rail first and you have to of course add your own foregrip. I wouldn't be shocked though if the older barrels will fit the A3 once you take the rail off. We'll see though. The A1 is a classic though. It's an important rifle, because as fobzulu points out it was WAY ahead of its time when it came out. Rifle System in 1977 Translucent Polymer Magazines 1977 Toolless Quick Change Barrel 1977 1.5 Optic as standard in 1977. Short stroke gas piston system. Pretty incredible when you think about it and see that only now are we seeing other rifles with these options 30 years later. |
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