Do demilled drill rifles need to ship via FFL if sold?

**VeeVee** · March 2nd, 2009, 07:26 AM

I have a demilled 1903A3 drill rifle. Barrel is plugged, magazine switch welded, bolt is plugged and welded, synthetic stock, no rear sight...

I decided to sell it and put the money toward a real shooting 1903. If I sell it on GB.com, does it need to go through an FFL? I see drill rifles there that need to go through an FFL but I thought I saw Sarco ad in Shotgun News where their drill 1903's ($300+ though) do not need to go through an FFL.

Any 2 cents? Thanks a lot. -victor

**knight0334** · March 2nd, 2009, 10:58 AM

If its truly demilled, its no longer a firearm and can be shipped like any other unregulated thing.

**DaveM55** · March 2nd, 2009, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by VeeVee

I have a demilled 1903A3 drill rifle. Barrel is plugged, magazine switch welded, bolt is plugged and welded, synthetic stock, no rear sight...

I decided to sell it and put the money toward a real shooting 1903. If I sell it on GB.com, does it need to go through an FFL? I see drill rifles there that need to go through an FFL but I thought I saw Sarco ad in Shotgun News where their drill 1903's ($300+ though) do not need to go through an FFL.

Any 2 cents? Thanks a lot. -victor

How much you want for it?

Post pics and price in the classifieds here.

**VeeVee** · March 2nd, 2009, 01:25 PM

Thanks for the suggestion. Here it is with pictures:

http://forum.pafoa.org/firearms-6/50...tml#post634361

**DaveM55** · March 2nd, 2009, 01:39 PM

I had one of these when I was on a drill team in the Navy. We had bayonets on them too.

**GunLawyer001** · March 2nd, 2009, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by knight0334

If its truly demilled, its no longer a firearm and can be shipped like any other unregulated thing.

I think that ATF wants to see at least 2 saw or torch cuts that remove a minimum amount of material from the serialized part, the receiver. At least, that's what it takes to "destroy" an NFA firearm, I haven't seen the issue come up in other contexts.

"Deactivated" isn't as destructive as "destroyed". A deactivated firearm is still a firearm, which is why DEWATs can be re-activated, often with just a barrel replacement.

So far as carriers like USPS or UPS are concerned,they may have their own rules about guns, gun parts, and deactivated gun parts.