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Originally Posted by Tom Servo
Several others have posted the correct information. Your friend doesn't need to worry about a serial number because the firearm was made prior to 1968. When licensed dealers interact with such guns, we list make, model, type, and caliber. For serial number, "none" or "NA" is acceptable.
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Tom, the law still allows us to build our own firearms. This is the basis of the (now disappearing) market for "80% receivers." My understanding from perusing the ads for these things is that no serial number is
required on a home-built firearm even today.
Suppose I built an AR-15 a couple or three years ago from an "80% receiver," and then this week I decide I can't afford to shoot it so I'm going to give it to my nephew in New Hampshire. (I don't live in New Hampshire.) It would be an interstate transfer, so it would have to go through at least one FFL. Would I have to mark it with a serial number and my name and city as the maker before it can be legally transferred?