80% lower difficulty level for 1st timer? - Page 2

Gunplummer · May 19, 2017, 02:32 AM

I see 80% receivers that are anodized and have a serial number. It is laser etched, but still it is a serial number and sold as an 80% receiver. How does that work?

FrankenMauser · May 19, 2017, 12:58 PM

Serialized paperweight.

Bill DeShivs · May 19, 2017, 02:05 PM

You can put a serial number on a shovel. That doesn't make the shovel a gun....

Gunplummer · May 19, 2017, 09:26 PM

It does not sound right to me. The guy selling the 80% G-3 flats said he had to use an FFL because the serial number was already on it. He won't make any money like that.

FrankenMauser · May 19, 2017, 10:11 PM

Ignorance, misunderstanding, and/or a product that wasn't actually an "80%" (or "firearm precursor" as the ATF says).

Gunplummer · May 20, 2017, 09:35 AM

Maybe. I have bought an 80% G-3 flat with no FFL. His are the same BUT, are unfinished leftovers from German dies. Maybe they became guns when they were imported with a number on.

May 19, 2017, 12:58 PM	#27
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Serialized paperweight. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

May 19, 2017, 02:05 PM	#28
Bill DeShivs Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 10,985	You can put a serial number on a shovel. That doesn't make the shovel a gun.... __________________ Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler www.billdeshivs.com

May 19, 2017, 10:11 PM	#30
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Ignorance, misunderstanding, and/or a product that wasn't actually an "80%" (or "firearm precursor" as the ATF says). __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

May 19, 2017, 02:32 AM	#26
Gunplummer Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2010 Location: South East Pa. Posts: 3,364	I see 80% receivers that are anodized and have a serial number. It is laser etched, but still it is a serial number and sold as an 80% receiver. How does that work?

May 19, 2017, 09:26 PM	#29
Gunplummer Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2010 Location: South East Pa. Posts: 3,364	It does not sound right to me. The guy selling the 80% G-3 flats said he had to use an FFL because the serial number was already on it. He won't make any money like that.

May 20, 2017, 09:35 AM	#31
Gunplummer Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2010 Location: South East Pa. Posts: 3,364	Maybe. I have bought an 80% G-3 flat with no FFL. His are the same BUT, are unfinished leftovers from German dies. Maybe they became guns when they were imported with a number on.