Posted January 29, 2016 12:00 pm by Comments

By Nick Leghorn

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It seems like short barreled rifles are all the rage these days. Ever since the advent of the gun trust and ATF’s eForms it has never been easier to register your firearm as an NFA device and chop down the barrel as low as it can go. There’s just one problem: the marking requirement. Ask three people whether you need to engrave your information on your newly registered NFA device and you’ll get three different answers. In an effort to sort out the confusion I asked the ATF directly, and their response actually made perfect sense . . .

Let’s start at the beginning.

Any time a firearm is manufactured with the intent of sale in interstate commerce, the ATF requires that it be marked with the name and location of the manufacturer as well as a serial number. Those individuals who manufacture 80% lower receivers into finished firearms may be familiar with this specific wrinkle, since their guns don’t require any markings until the moment they decide to try to sell them.

When it comes to making a short barreled rifle from an existing firearm (like an AR-15 lower you bought complete), things get a little murkier. The manufacturer’s information is already …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns

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