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Posted: 7/3/2005 3:20:31 PM EDT
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I have all the parts from a SAR-3 that was imported as a complete rifle, except the barrel and the receiver are now scrap metal. Is it legal to use the front trunnion, to build a new rifle if I just get a new receiver and barrel ??? I heard somewhere a while back that the front trunnion can't be used ... |
Somewhere I heard that the trunnion can't be used, it doesn't make any sense to me, that's why I'm asking ... .223 trunnions are hard to come by is why I don't just get a new one ... This rifle was another freebie ... The barrel and receiver were screwed up when I got it. The magwell was wallowed out to the point of being useless and the barrel was screwed up from a failed attempt at threading it. The barrel may be salvageable ... I'm not ready to do this project yet but I need to know what parts I need to start accumulating. I'd like to turn this one into a 102 clone ... |
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The SAR 3 was legal when it was complete. If you use a foreign receiver and barrel , you have NOT changed the parts count. If you use a U.S. receiver you have LESS Foreign parts. The ATF rule on ASSEMBLING a rifle from foreign parts ONLY applies to the importer and MFG. You are just replacing parts. I don't think the Feds will come and shoot your Dog just becasuse you fixed your gun  |
I already have a PBS-1 design in mind that I could have made locally. The rifle is in pieces at the moment so I have the option to change whatever I have to ... The trunnion is my only real concern because it has the old serial number ... |
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