I had to bring a C&R to the pawn shop I bought it at so the ATF girl who was doing a inspection there could check the born on date code of a early Nylon 66 that did not have a serial number.
She said she could come by the house and check if I wanted but as I was headed downtown anyway I figured why invite the man (or woman in this case) into my life and grabbed the rifle and took it down for her to look at.....Everything was fine. She did not ask any other questions.
Seems like most issues involving a 03 holder are dealer oriented issues.
Timely thread as I just canceled my 03 and set it back the other day. I never buy C&Rs online anymore either from a individual or distributor and during some local FTF deals folks are starting to balk at giving out their info so I can enter a C&R eligible weapon in my bound book. I guess they just don't trust the .gov anymore.
Minor hassle as it was I simply don't need to mess with it anymore. To be honest it feels good to be out from under it after three renewals.