922 compliance

[Eugene V. Debs]

Can someone explain to me exactly what this means?

[Mity2]

i think you mean this.

Title 18, Chapter 44, § 922

http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/h...2----000-.html

[762xIan]

Since you used the term "compliance" I assume you are refering to the compliance parts issue which is actually 922 R. Most commonly an issue when building a rifle from a parts kit or modifying a rifle that is on the "non-sporting" variety outlined in 922.

Some rifles are banned from importation...the parts exist to put one together from parts...BUT to be compliant with 922r, you can only assemble such a rifle with the required ammount of foreign and US made parts to be compliant. Usually called the "parts count". The parts and parts count are different for many rifles.

From the law......

922 (r)
The Imported Parts Law(1990)
178.39 otherwise known as 922(r) 10 Foreign parts law on semiauto Rifles & Shotguns
http://www.atf.treas.gov/regulations/27cfr178.html
Sec. 178.39 Assembly of semiautomatic rifles or shotguns.
(a) No person shall assemble a semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun using more than 10 of the imported parts listed in paragraph (c) of this section if the assembled firearm is prohibited from importation under section 925(d)(3) as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) The assembly of such rifle or shotgun for sale or distribution
by a licensed manufacturer to the United States or any department or agency thereof or to any State or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or
(2) The assembly of such rifle or shotgun for the purposes of
testing or experimentation authorized by the Director under the
provisions of Sec. 178.151; or
(3) The repair of any rifle or shotgun which had been imported into or assembled in the United States prior to November 30, 1990, or the replacement of any part of such firearm.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term imported parts are:

(1) Frames, receivers, receiver castings, forgings or stampings
(2) Barrels
(3) Barrel extensions
(4) Mounting blocks (trunions)
(5) Muzzle attachments
(6) Bolts
(7) Bolt carriers
(8) Operating rods
(9) Gas pistons
(10) Trigger housings
(11) Triggers
(12) Hammers
(13) Sears
(14) Disconnectors
(15) Buttstocks
(16) Pistol grips
(17) Forearms, handguards
(18) Magazine bodies
(19) Followers
(20) Floorplates

Each weapon that requires 922 compliance is different...do you have a specific weapon you have a question about?

[JayBell]

just a note, this applied to shotguns and rifles ONLY, and only when building one in a configuration thats currently banned from import in that configuration.