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Posted: 4/29/2013 5:56:32 AM EDT
| What do ya'll put in your books for a firearm that you destroy/demil? I was thinking the date and destroyed. |
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That would work. I would recommend some documentation on the destruction, i.e. method of destruction, place of destruction, pictures. If you offer to destroy a firearm, and agree to destroy the receiver, is there any reason why you could not keep the non-serialized parts for resale or personal use? I can't see a problem with that as long as it is disclosed in any agreements signed and all the parts are legal to own. |
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The first time we destroyed a gun, it was a Marlin 60 that had been thru a house fire. We took the parts we could use and then called the local ATF field office to see how to destroy it. They said to make at least one cut thru the serial number, and write DESTROYED and the date in the bound book. The ATF person I spoke to also said they would note the call in our file. I asked about keeping a piece of the receiver with part of the serial number as proof it was destroyed. He said that when it is destroyed they expect all of the pieces to be gone, so it would be best NOT to keep any pieces of the receiver. We did take pictures of the destroyed receiver and kept them. |
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The first time we destroyed a gun, it was a Marlin 60 that had been thru a house fire. We took the parts we could use and then called the local ATF field office to see how to destroy it. They said to make at least one cut thru the serial number, and write DESTROYED and the date in the bound book. The ATF person I spoke to also said they would note the call in our file. I asked about keeping a piece of the receiver with part of the serial number as proof it was destroyed. He said that when it is destroyed they expect all of the pieces to be gone, so it would be best NOT to keep any pieces of the receiver. We did take pictures of the destroyed receiver and kept them. This is what I thought. I emailed ATF too and have not heard back from them yet. I'd like to get a letter from them just in case 5yrs down the road an inspector has a different idea on how it should be done and have to deal with that crap. I bought a bunch of guns off of a guy and one of them is an old beat up Westernfield .22. It'll cost more to fix it than it's worth so I'm thinking about distroying the receiver and selling the parts off since I don't think there is much of a market for those receivers. |
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