[Ron Wood]

John,

I might take you up on that bet. I was the one that alerted Julia Auctions to seek BATFE exception prior to offering the stock for sale. It is a vintage item, manufactured by a known firm, not a gunsmith one-off creation. There are at least 3 known examples, one of which was actually sold at auction in the US a few years back...it evidently did not make it on to the ATF radar!

I rather expect that it will receive BATFE approval in a relatively short time. Its rarity and value places it in the same category as the Benke-Thiemann stock. The B-T stock is also not a military accessory, both stocks are commercial items probably created in hopes of military adoption which never materialized.

The reason to petition the BATFE for exemption from the NFA is to remove it from the category of short barreled rifle and thereby make it accessable to collectors for legal ownership without the $200 tax stamp.