Shotgun News; build Semi-auto STEN part 2??

[zoom6zoom]

Total number of parts doesn't matter; only certain parts count towards 922(r) compliance.
These are:
(c) For purposes of this section, the term imported parts are:

(1) Frames, receivers, receiver castings, forgings or stampings
(2) Barrels
(3) Barrel extensions
(4) Mounting blocks (trunions)
(5) Muzzle attachments
(6) Bolts
(7) Bolt carriers
(8) Operating rods
(9) Gas pistons
(10) Trigger housings
(11) Triggers
(12) Hammers
(13) Sears
(14) Disconnector
(15) Buttstocks
(16) Pistol grips
(17) Forearms, handguards
(18) Magazine bodies
(19) Followers
(20) Floorplates

And of course, not every firearm has all these parts.

 

[rickomatic]

There is a lot of confusion about personally building firearms. Part of that confusion comes from the myriad of hard to understand laws regarding it. Contrary to popular belief it is NOT illegal to sell a firearm that you built yourself, whether it has a serial number or not. Now....and this is VERY important. Do NOT think that you can build and sell them willy nilly. Doing that will indeed land you in club fed. You do need a manufacturing FFL for that, and have to comply with all the laws pertaining to that activity. But if you built one a few years ago and sold it now, that would not be illegal. Rather than try to prove a negative, I challenge anyone to show me any federal law that strictly prohibits one from selling a homemade firearm. It simply does not exist.
As for Class III stuff. Don't even think about playing around with that stuff. Not unless you want a 20 year room mate named Bubba.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Unlawful manufacture of an NFA item is a max ten years.