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Walt-Sherrill

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Why not a modernized 52?
« Reply #60 on: December 08, 2007, 06:23:02 AM »
You're supposed to take it with you!! <grin>

Offline brigadier

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Why not a modernized 52?
« Reply #61 on: December 10, 2007, 09:01:54 PM »
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As I understand it, I don't think you can sell it. Period. If you do, you've gotten into "manufacturing" (if you've modified the grip   frame, etc.) and then you're facing big problems from the ATF. (If you think I'm off base on this -- and I might be -- give the ATF a call.   There's a lot of risk here, including your future ability to own weapons.)
They have to be able to prove you made the modification for the purpose of sale. Selling a gun for personal reasons and then adding the mod as an extra in the process is a gray area since it is arguable that you are selling a modification service with your gun rather then a modified gun. It isn't any different then if you sold a gun that you bought and welded a tac rail on to. If you make the mod for personal reasons and one day decide to get rid of it, no problem that I know of. Then again, while I have written legal documents, won court cases and studied law, I am not a lawyer. In the past, I have seen all kinds of heavily modified guns for sale by owner who did the mod themselves. Never once seen the government go after the seller or any legal issues over it.

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Why not a modernized 52?
« Reply #62 on: December 10, 2007, 09:36:49 PM »
If I remeber correctly, as long as two basic things stay the same, gun mods are legal. Those two things are function and serial number. If you have a semi auto pistol, serial # a123, as long as the gun retains the serial #a123, and has not been made into a class 3 weapon(like sawing down a shotgun to under 18"barrel length, or converting a AR15 to full auto, etc.). It is legal to buy and mod as much as you want. Just remember that while you can make a handgun into a long gun with no problem, DON'T turn a long gun into a handgun(under 26inches in length), as this is illegal under federal law. The only possible problem is if you sell too many guns, they may think you are involved in something illegal should they become aware of it. So i would say, if you are buying, then moding, then selling, more than five or six guns a year, you may want to get an ffl and keep records, as they would probably consider this a business venture. Oh, and always remeber that state and sometimes local laws may place additional restrictions on top of the federal and PA laws that I am familiar with. So it is a good idea to check the laws anyway.

Walt-Sherrill

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Why not a modernized 52?
« Reply #63 on: December 11, 2007, 04:27:10 AM »
Good points and good advice. I think I'd modify away (if I were of that mindset), and not sell -- just to be safe.