[Kyrie]

Hi Rich,


I would strongly recommend against speculating as to whether or not the Luger was originally an Artillery Luger. Especially based on further speculation that the shoulder stock that came with it is in any way related to the Luger in question.


If you do take action to make up an Artillery Luger and then attach a shoulder stock to that recreation of an Artillery, ATF may well disagree that what you have created is an Artillery Luger under the meaning of the C&R regulations. Should they disagree, that disagreement will take the form of an arrest and prosecution for the manufacturing and possession of an unregistered NFA weapon. At your trial ATF will present testimony as to your guilt from a series of their expert witnesses, all of whom will have credentials neither you nor any expert witness you could recruit could hope to match. Based on the evidence presented, it is likely you would be convicted. Penalties include a fine up to $250,000 and twenty years in a Federal Penitentiary.


Even if you should be acquitted, the cost of your legal defense would be more than the cost of a dozen genuine Artillery Lugers.


To avoid all this I strongly suggest contacting ATF before you take any action and request a ruling on what you are contemplating. Here is contact information:


Chief, Firearms Technology Branch

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

WASHINGTON, DC 20226


A letter and a thirty-four sent stamp is cheap insurance against a legal disaster from which neither you nor your family would ever recover.


Best regards,


Kyrie