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I was all ready to list mine on one of the gun-auction sites -- then I noticed the serial number in the bottom of the trigger guard. It appears to be just a plate which could be pried out.

 

I know the upper receiver of the MKA 1919 is the "gun" per the BATFE... so, for those of you who got the new lowers, what did you do with your old stock? Did you hang onto it or sell it?

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Not a good idea.

 

Page 43 (also on page 10) of the ATF Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide:

 

§ 478.34 Removed, obliterated, or altered

serial number.

No person shall knowingly transport,

ship, or receive in interstate or foreign

commerce any firearm which has had the

importer's or manufacturer's serial number

removed, obliterated, or altered, or possess

or receive any firearm which has had

the importer's or manufacturer's serial

number removed, obliterated, or altered

and has, at any time, been shipped or

transported

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Not a good idea.

 

Page 43 (also on page 10) of the ATF Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide:

 

§ 478.34 Removed, obliterated, or altered

serial number.

No person shall knowingly transport,

ship, or receive in interstate or foreign

commerce any firearm which has had the

importer's or manufacturer's serial number

removed, obliterated, or altered, or possess

or receive any firearm which has had

the importer's or manufacturer's serial

number removed, obliterated, or altered

and has, at any time, been shipped or

transported

 

But if the part is not the serialized portion of the gun, I would think it would not matter. If they tried to keep track of the second number, then the Fed's records would show two guns of the same make and model with the same serial number and that is a big no-no.

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Not a good idea.

 

Page 43 (also on page 10) of the ATF Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide:

 

§ 478.34 Removed, obliterated, or altered

serial number.

No person shall knowingly transport,

ship, or receive in interstate or foreign

commerce any firearm which has had the

importer's or manufacturer's serial number

removed, obliterated, or altered, or possess

or receive any firearm which has had

the importer's or manufacturer's serial

number removed, obliterated, or altered

and has, at any time, been shipped or

transported

 

But if the part is not the serialized portion of the gun, I would think it would not matter. If they tried to keep track of the second number, then the Fed's records would show two guns of the same make and model with the same serial number and that is a big no-no.

 

 

Agreed.

 

I wouldn't be removing the serial number from the "gun," I'd be removing it from the lower receiver's triggerguard. In the case of the MKA 1919, it is the upper receiver that is the "gun."

 

As many collectors military arms know, some countries serial-numbered damn near everything... bolt handles, triggerguards, barrels, et cetera. Still, it's only the receiver that is the "gun" where such rifles are concerned. Having had an FFL for 20 years, I am familiar with rules forbidding the removal of serial numbers from "guns"... but such rules don't apply to the lower receiver on the 1919.

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