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Old March 6, 2015, 08:01 AM   #1
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Stamping a Barrel

I am a prospect builder of a .458 Win Mag in a Savage 111 action, and was looking at Brownells .458 win mag barrel kit. It says it must be stamped per NFA requirements. I have never heard of anything like this, could someone shed some light on this?

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Old March 6, 2015, 08:20 AM   #2
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I don't know about requirement but it's a very good idea. It might prevent someone from firing the rifle with the wrong ammo.
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Old March 6, 2015, 08:39 AM   #3
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Call Brownell's and ask them. I can find NOTHING in the NFA. There
are some ATF standards for caliber marking on imported guns.
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Old March 7, 2015, 09:05 AM   #4
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When I build a rifle I have to stamp the shop name and the caliber on the barrel. Could that be what they meant?
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Old March 7, 2015, 11:25 AM   #5
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Could they be meaning a proof mark? Factory barrels are stamped with the maker and caliber, because it is the best place to put it. The required stamp, that I know of, is a proof mark. How one could stamp his own, would be beyond me. However, in the US, gun makes do their own proofs, whereas in Europe, they use government proof houses.
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Old March 7, 2015, 11:28 AM   #6
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I was told that if a barrel is attached to a receiver, the caliber must be marked on the barrel. We engraved ours at school.
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Old March 7, 2015, 11:31 AM   #7
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Gary, I think the caliber and proof, or at least for a manufacturer. Custom work is a horse of another color, it would seem, on the laws.
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Old March 8, 2015, 04:11 PM   #8
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New BATFE regulations make many gunsmiths into manufacturers and require the appropriate license. The rules are not simple; I don;t think just rebarrelling a customer's rifle meets the definition, but rebarrelling rifles to get them ready to sell does.

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Old March 8, 2015, 08:20 PM   #9
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If a DEALER builds the gun, he is now required to have a type 07 manufacturing FFL, and is required to stamp/engrave his business name, state, and city on the gun.
This does not apply to individuals building a gun.
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If a DEALER builds the gun, he is now required to have a type 07 manufacturing FFL, and is required to stamp/engrave his business name, state, and city on the gun.
This does not apply to individuals building a gun.
That makes sense. What doesn't make sense is Brownell's saying it's
a NFA compliance requirement. Unless a person is building a SBR, SBS,AOW
or some other configuration regulated by NFA it shouldn't be a NFA
issue.
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