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ATF HAS MADE A RULING ON WHAT MODIFICATION MAKES A HK USC
CONTRABAND!!! |
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month made an official ruling that making a cut on the bottom of
the USC to allow for the full auto trip lever to reach the bolt
carrier (despite the fact that a full auto bolt can not readily
be installed in a USC without it itself being altered) is in
fact making the receiver a machine gun!!!
With this information it now confirms
that the UMP lowers have to have the full auto components
removed and discarded and that the area where they came out of
does not have to be filled with any blocks. If the receiver can
not accept the full auto parts the lower can not be installed on
the receiver with these parts installed in the lower. The
modification to the upper receiver is the contraband
modification.
Buyer beware!!!
If you are buying or going to buy a USC from anyone make sure
that the upper receiver has not be cut to accept the full auto
trip lever. Unlike a metal gun that can be re-welded to repair a
mistake, the new plastic guns (i.e. Hk USC) can not be repaired.
Ask for a photo of the bottom the receiver before you send ANY
MONEY TO ANYONE!!!
A recent customer bought a USC off of
someone and sent it in to me for some work. Once I saw the cut
on the bottom of the receiver I was required to contact ATF for
determination. This USC receiver is what the ATF used to make
the ground braking decision. It is now etched in stone for all
to comply with.
Below is an illustration of what we are
talking about. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
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NFA WEAPONS
What is a NFA weapon?
Put
simply it is a shoulder fired rifle that has a barrel under 16"
in length or is under 26" in total length.
Another
piece of information that most people do not know is that
pistols and NFA items are NOT regulated
under 922(r). As a pistol or NFA item 922(r) DOES NOT APPLY.
To short barrel rifle (SBR) a weapon a form 1 MUST be completed
and sent in along with a finger print card, a passport photo and
a one time $200 check. Once this paper work is returned to you
approved you must engrave your receiver, noting the manufacture
of the SBR, and you are done. Please read the letter below from
the NFA branch about SBR's as well as the link above "what is a
NFA weapon".
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Title 18 U.S.C.
§ 922(r)
Title 18
United States Code (USC) § 922(r) prohibits
assembly of certain semiautomatic rifles and shotguns from
imported parts. The implementing regulations in title 27, Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 178, § 178.39, provides that
no person shall assemble a semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun
using more than 10 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.
The 20 parts listed in
paragraph (c) are listed below. Parts marked with a (yes) are
the parts that apply to the Hk USC. (this is the rifle that we
will use for demonstration.
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Parts List
1. Frames, Receivers
2. Barrels
3. Barrel extensions
4. Mounting blocks
5. Muzzle attachments
6. Bolts
7. Bolt carriers
8. Operating rods
9. Gas piston
10. Trigger housing
11. Trigger
12. Hammer
13. Sear
14. Dis-connectors
15. Butt stocks
16. Pistol grips
17. Forearms, hand guards
18. Magazine bodies
19. Followers
20. Floor plates
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Parts in Count
1(yes)
2(yes)
3(no)
4(yes)
5(no)
6(no)
7(yes)
8(yes)
9(no)
10(yes)
11(yes)
12(yes)
13(yes)
14(no)
15(yes)
16(yes)
17(no)
18(yes)
19(yes)
20(yes)
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Parts Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
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| Note:When
a trigger housing and pistol grip are one piece it reduces the
parts count by one. |
| THE FOLLOWING IS A
RESPONSE TO A LETTER I WROTE TO THE ATF REGARDING SBR'S AND THE
TRANSPORTATION THERE OF. |
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