Posted: 1/30/2016 4:50:59 PM EDT
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If I found a M203 receiver without the barrel is it legal in VA just like any other firearm? There is no barrel on it nor, do I have a barrel for it.
So I buy it transfer it to a local FFL, then pick it up just like any other weapon or would I have to still get the title 2 destructive device papers? |
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Would probably still be a DD. If it's truly a virgin receiver, there may be some wiggle room, but chances are that it's not.
I'd wager to guess that it's already on the registry, unless it's stolen. For a price comparison, a brand new LMT M203 is about $1,500, plus tax stamp. Link |
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It's from a website. They claim it is title 1. Interesting. You'd absolutely need to get a tax stamp if you were going to put a barrel on it. I'd be very interested to see if it's a Title 1. 26 USC § 5845(2) reads as follows: (2) Any weapon by whatever name known which will, or which may be readily converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, the barrel or barrels of which have a bore of more than one-half inch in diameter (.50 inches or 12.7 mm), except a shotgun or shotgun shell which the Secretary finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes; and... That's where the question would lie, I believe. Since DD's can go on the Registry and come back off, I imagine that someone could have disassembled it, applied to have it removed and it would become a Title 1 firearm. At that point, I suppose it would be a receiver, just like any other Title 1 receiver. I'd head over to the NFA section of the website and ask. Those guys know all the details really well. |
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The receiver is title 1. Meaning it is just like 22 rifle or 12 gauge shotgun. If you also have a 40mm barrel you be breaking the law. There are places to get 37mm smooth bore barrels. My observation is that M203 receivers cost the same as complete M203s. Good info. A complete civilian 203 is a civilian "destructive device," just like civilian-owned fragmentation grenades, RPGs, artillery, tank-mounted cannons, recoilless rifles, land-mines, and other such weapons (but NOT flame throwers). Civilians can and do own registered destructive devices. Destructive devices are legal to own in Virginia provided they are NFA registered. |
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Where can you get the smooth bore 37mm barrel for a 203 receiver? http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_21/359004_Source_for_37mm_M203_barrels_other_than_MR40mm_____doesnt_have_any.html http://web.archive.org/web/20150512214337/http://www.mr40mm.com/ |