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Feb 24th, 2014 at 9:48am
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Would selling a Martini 15 action require an FFl.

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Reply #1 - Feb 24th, 2014 at 8:12pm
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It would be treated as a firearm. C&R would not apply because it is not a complete gun in the original configuration. Same state, not unless the state law requires it. Across state lines, yes.
  
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Reply #2 - Feb 24th, 2014 at 10:58pm
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I disagree.  The receiver/action is what the AFTE defines as the gun.  Whether it has a barrel, stock, etc. or not doesn't change the fact the the receiver is 'the gun'.  It would require an FFL of some sort.  If the seller has a Class 3, C & R (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links) it's no problem.
  
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Reply #3 - Feb 25th, 2014 at 9:52am
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private face-to-face transaction should not be a problem, barring local restrictions and sales to minors.  In any sale to a buyer you don't personally know making the transfer though a FFL is the safest course
  

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Reply #4 - Feb 25th, 2014 at 11:25am
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The Martini model 15 was made after 1898 so an FFL would be required UNLESS a face-to-face sale is legal where you are.
If using a C&R, the official book says that the firearm must be complete and unaltered.
I have talked to the ATF about this and have been informed that the rules do not allow actions only or "sporterized" rifles to be transfered on a C&R.
  

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Reply #5 - Feb 27th, 2014 at 8:48pm
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Really?  That would be good to be able to cite.  Got the reference?
  
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Reply #6 - Feb 28th, 2014 at 9:17am
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Let me find the rulebook and post the reference.
  

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Reply #7 - Mar 28th, 2014 at 5:05pm
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Is he still looking?
  

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Reply #8 - Mar 29th, 2014 at 11:40am
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Sorry, I got side-tracked. I'll look it up and post it.
  

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Reply #9 - Mar 29th, 2014 at 7:14pm
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I can't quote chapter and verse but it has always been my understanding that an action only did not qualify as a C&R. I asked two BATF people about the "original configuration" in reference to being a C&R at a gun show in St. Charles Mo. today. The best they could come up with was that it was a "grey" area.
  
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Reply #10 - Mar 29th, 2014 at 9:33pm
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Reply #11 - Mar 29th, 2014 at 10:14pm
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Ah!  Clarification at last.  An unfortunate decision, IMO, but if that's the way it's interpreted, that's the way we play it.  A receiver is not a C or an R.  Thanx, Jack.
  
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