Quoted: If I am not mistaken I thought that DD's and AOW's were a $5 tax stamp. $200 was on transferable class 3's.
JerrY
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Partially correct. It's $5.00 tax for an AOW and $200.00 for anything else.
Regretfully, the USAS-12 was ruled to be a "Destructive Device." Thus, it's a $200.00 tax.
Incidentally, it's relatively easy to get one, and you DON'T need a DD dealer. Like a SBR or a SBS, you can remove the features that make it NFA and request that it be pulled from the registry. Thus, the receiver becomes a normal Title I weapon. Got a SBR and want it non-papered? Put a 16"+ barrel on it and make sure that the gun is now over 26". Got a SBS and want it unpapered? Do as above but make sure the barrel is 18".
In the case of the USAS-12, you need to remove the barrel and get rid of it. (Give it away, etc.) Then, you may unregister what's left. Then it's just a Title I gun. The next step is to apply to "make" a DD. Once you get approval and pay the $200, go ahead and put the barrel back on.
In the case of the Streetsweeper and Striker, you need to remove the barrel AND cylinder.
This is useful when you can't find a DD dealer.
*****This information came from the folks at Urban Armory. They've done this before to sell someone one of these shotguns when there's no DD dealer. I also think that there's an ATF letter about this that was published in a back issue of Small Arms Review and/or is at Bardwell's site.
Incidentally, Lakeside Machine [see
www.lakesideguns.com for more info] has 1-2 in stock. From what Eric (the owner) tells me, they're heavy, bulky, and you need HOT ammo to get them to cycle properly.
Mike