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Are Handgun Receivers Transferable in MA?
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My guess is NO.
Even if they were you would have to report it as completed on an NFA (?) and would then need a license to own a firearm is MA.
Do some more research here on NES and you can find a lot of good info.
Even if they were you would have to report it as completed on an NFA (?) and would then need a license to own a firearm is MA.
Do some more research here on NES and you can find a lot of good info.
Wrong. Twice.
A bare pistol frame is hardly an NFA firearm, even under Federal law (although it IS a firearm). It is NOT a gun under MA law.
There is no NFA issue; simply a 4473 when the frame is transferred. An FA-10 would be filed WHEN the possessor has all the parts necessary to complete the build.
Just not in that post.
The short answer is Yes, However some dealers are just freaked out by transfers so choose carefully.
Also, if you look on NES you will find one of our dealers offering great deals on 1911 frames.
Thats, ok. I knew i would be corrected.
It just seems Crazy that you can buy a frame, and well every part of the gun but once built (or building) you must declare it. Especially because in Mass you have to be licensed to have a gun.
Third mistake is to ever look at a MA law and try to make sense out of it. Yes we need to understand the laws, but never try to figure out the reasoning behind these things.
But becoming a gun is not a transfer.
So if i were to build a 1911, I would register the gun when I got it transferred to me at purchase.
Then when I finish building it, i would have to fill out a FA-10 form to register it again? What a weird state you're in / I have to move to!
No, When you buy the frame from an FFL it is transferred as a firearm. When it becomes a gun (could be years later) you need to file an FA-10. How is that a transfer? Yesterday you didn't have a gun, today you do. MA considers that a transfer, think of it as a pile of parts transferred in to a gun... lol
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Good luck finding an FFL that would transfer a pistol frame to you if you don't have a proper LTC. This is not a loophole to get around licensing - if you can buy a gun you can also buy gun parts. That's it - nothing to see here.....
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No. The Approved roster is a MA thing. In MA a frame is not a gun.
AGAIN, as was stated in Posts 1, 3, 4 and explained again in Post 15, A BARE FRAME IS NOT A GUN.
Which has been discussed at length MANY times in the nigh onto 4 years you've been on this forum. Grasp the concept.
I was trying to get around a direct question and was not asking what I wanted to ask. I did, but then I deleted that. So I will re-ask/ undelete it.
What I really want to know is :
EDIT: I sense my question should have been left unasked. So it is now gone. I wasn't going to do that if it was at all questionable, which is what I am sensing it is, so my question is gone.
What I really want to know is :
EDIT: I sense my question should have been left unasked. So it is now gone. I wasn't going to do that if it was at all questionable, which is what I am sensing it is, so my question is gone.
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