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Originally Posted by schutzen-jager

in addition to being on C+R list + 50+ years old to be eligible any firearm must be complete + unaltered condition to retain C+R eligible or accompanied by ATF determination letter -

IIRC, that’s regarding importation. See ATF Ruling 85-10 which prohibits importation of C&R firearm frames/receivers.

“In classifying firearms as curios or relics under this regulation, ATF has recognized only assembled firearms as curios or relics. […] It is clear from the legislative history that Congress did not intend for frames or receivers alone of surplus military firearms, or any other surplus military firearms not in their original military configuration, to be importable under section 925(e). It is also clear that only those firearms classified by ATF as curios or relics were intended to be approved by ATF for importation.

Held, to be importable under 18 U.S.C. 925(e), surplus military firearms must be classified as curios or relics by ATF. Applications by licensed importers to import frames or receivers alone of surplus military curio or relic firearms will not be approved under section 925(e). Surplus military firearms will not be classified as curios or relics, and applications for permits to import such firearms approved, unless they are assembled in their original military configuration.”


https://www.atf.gov/file/55396/download