USAS-12

Skans · February 27, 2015, 04:00 PM

Fun shotgun. I have one which I registered on a Form 1. Is there anyway to find out how many of them got registered? While I used to see these for sale for about $1,500 a couple of years ago, they seem to have dried up.

I don't know what the USAS-12 does that an AR or Saiga shotgun doesn't do.

Gunfixr · February 27, 2015, 04:14 PM

You could contact atf.
They may tell you, they may not.

dakota.potts · February 27, 2015, 10:56 PM

You have a select fire or semi automatic USAS? It seems they've been around long enough to have registered samples but I'm not sure how you'd put it on a Form 1.

Skans · March 2, 2015, 08:23 AM

Mine is semi-auto. Had to register it on a Form 1 when Clinton's ATF passed a stupid ruling makeing them Destructive Devices. In the '90's you either had to register them or they were immediate contraband.

That's right, same thing that happened in Canada and Australia actually happened here in the US under President Clinton. Not many folks knew about it because it was targeted toward the Striker shotgun, USAS-12, and a couple of others.

BerdanSS · March 2, 2015, 09:16 AM

"street sweeper" as well. I remember when I started seeing a ton of the USAS at a local class III gun shop. They had some sort of deal set up where they built them on contract (if I understood the owner) he showed me the equipment they had in the back shop. pretty interesting.

Willie Lowman · March 2, 2015, 09:18 AM

I have only seen two USAS shotguns for sale in person. One at KCR and one at an OGCA show.

I saw one in the hands of an agent of some kind in a poorly set up gun-show sting/fishing operation.

edit: I just saw an add for a USAS $4995. Comes with one drum and one stick.

February 27, 2015, 04:00 PM	#1
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 11,132	USAS-12 Fun shotgun. I have one which I registered on a Form 1. Is there anyway to find out how many of them got registered? While I used to see these for sale for about $1,500 a couple of years ago, they seem to have dried up. I don't know what the USAS-12 does that an AR or Saiga shotgun doesn't do. Last edited by Skans; February 27, 2015 at 04:18 PM.

February 27, 2015, 10:56 PM	#3
dakota.potts Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2013 Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Posts: 3,084	You have a select fire or semi automatic USAS? It seems they've been around long enough to have registered samples but I'm not sure how you'd put it on a Form 1. __________________ Certified Gunsmith (On Hiatus) Certified Armorer - H&K and Glock Among Others You can find my writings at my website, pottsprecision.com.

March 2, 2015, 09:16 AM	#5
BerdanSS Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Location: to close to other houses Posts: 1,176	"street sweeper" as well. I remember when I started seeing a ton of the USAS at a local class III gun shop. They had some sort of deal set up where they built them on contract (if I understood the owner) he showed me the equipment they had in the back shop. pretty interesting. __________________ One day, Men in tall hats will thump their chests and proclaim..."oh, what a great sea of mud we lived in"--The unalterable fate of billy creek .... "Smoke.....it's what's for dinner"

March 2, 2015, 09:18 AM	#6
Willie Lowman Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2009 Location: Uh-Hi-O Posts: 3,006	I have only seen two USAS shotguns for sale in person. One at KCR and one at an OGCA show. I saw one in the hands of an agent of some kind in a poorly set up gun-show sting/fishing operation. edit: I just saw an add for a USAS $4995. Comes with one drum and one stick. __________________ "9mm has a very long history of being a pointy little bullet moving quickly" --Sevens Last edited by Willie Lowman; March 2, 2015 at 09:37 AM.

February 27, 2015, 04:14 PM	#2
Gunfixr Senior Member Join Date: June 10, 2007 Location: East Coast, USA Posts: 360	You could contact atf. They may tell you, they may not.

March 2, 2015, 08:23 AM	#4
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 11,132	Mine is semi-auto. Had to register it on a Form 1 when Clinton's ATF passed a stupid ruling makeing them Destructive Devices. In the '90's you either had to register them or they were immediate contraband. That's right, same thing that happened in Canada and Australia actually happened here in the US under President Clinton. Not many folks knew about it because it was targeted toward the Striker shotgun, USAS-12, and a couple of others.