Never did get anywhere on the phone, but I used this (as found on https://www.atf.gov/firearms/applications-eforms )
And eventually they notified me by email that the form was corrected. I was waiting until mid-May to submit, hoping maybe the whole thing would be resolved by then, but it's a...
Yes, seriously, about six hours. About half of that on the phone (on hold or getting transferred several times) trying to get them to resolve a problem with their form. Their database didn't recognize that my zip code could apply to two counties, so it wouldn't let me enter my actual address...
...except for the cost of the electronic fingerprinting service and my time (about six hours: setting up an account, digging up old records, making sure I understood the red tape, resolving a problem with their forms specific to my zip code, driving two towns over to get my fingerprints scanned...
Here's some related reading, for those who don't want to be saved from the mathematicians.:neener:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214914717300776
Some additional info here, if a little dated: https://www.firearmsid.com/A_nogunid.htm
And here are some recent developments in matching a bullet or case to a recovered firearm: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2018/02/how-good-match-it-putting-statistics-forensic-firearms-identification
Thanks! After a 30-minute hold, the given answer was to submit the form, followed by an "Ask the Expert" question with the 1. the ID of the submitted form 2. a description of the error, and 3. the correct county information,
To be brief, ATF Form 1 (5320.1) limits the selection of county based on zip code and won't let me enter my actual county of residence. My zip code has roughly 98% of its residents in one county - and I am in the lucky 2% in the other.
Suggestions? Submit with the wrong county?
A friend of mine bought three "gunsmith special" CZ-52s back in the day for next to nothing - and as usual I worked on them for him. Two failed the "pencil test" - the other had a broken firing pin. All three needed extractor springs, and one had galled rollers. I dropped Harrington refurb kits...
I've seen a few - the USFA Zip .22 for example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USFA_ZiP_.22 . Ergonomics that bad are certainly the exception, though, and the market seems to sort it out quickly enough.
https://www.regulations.gov/document/ATF_FRDOC_0001-0049
The numbering scheme is a bit of a mess (as is the writing of the regulation) so pardon me if this is off, but I believe the reference is to [IV.B.3.a.(6).b.vii Adjustability] which begins: 'A majority of the commenters disagreed with the...
By definition, no, it will not operate under "worst case conditions", because if it is still operating, I can make the conditions worse until it doesn't. Q.E.D.
I'll settle for operating under "reasonably adverse conditions", and I'm fine if my criteria for that don't match someone else's.
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