So, I purchased a M10/45 when I lived in NC from another NC resident. At the time I got a permit from my sheriff. I subsequently moved to Missouri. As I understood it, North Carolina law changed a couple of years ago to make machinegun ownership easier.  

I submitted a 5320.20 to the NFA Branch last month to temporarily transport my M10/45 back to NC so I could take it to the range while visiting some friends. I got the 5320.20 back yesterday marked "disapproved" with the note "MG-violation of state law."  

So, I'm wondering if the particular examiner is misinformed on NC law, I am misinformed, or something in NC has changed.   Has anyone purchased a MG recently and had it approved or submitted a 5320.20 to transport a MG into NC and had it approved?

Thanks!

The reason I put was "shooting competition" as I planned to shoot it at a side match after an IDPA match. I was under the impression that the old "scientific and experimental purposes as provided by NCGS 14-288.8 and 14-409" was no longer necessary.  Perhaps that was my problem.  However, I have previously had 5320.20s approved for SBRs to NC with shooting competition as the reason, so I'm not sure.

The examiner appears to be Damon Wrialet or something like that.

If they made outright banned them they failed to inform me

Hey OP what became of this?

Just curious if anyone knows.....
Are there many outdoor ranges that allow Mg's?
Any monthly subgun matches?

Preferably near the coast.

I haven't had time to mess with it since. I'm going to be moving back to the southeast sometime in the next year and a half, but Virginia is looking more likely than North Carolina. I'm not sure if I will have an opportunity to visit NC again with the potential to bring my MG between now and then. I know this whole thing is likely a mistake on the part of the examiner, after all I owned the gun when I lived in NC and I bought it from another NC resident.

I'm tempted just to submit the 5320.20 again and see what happens.