Luger Cache w/US GIs during WWII

alanint · 06-04-2008, 07:59 AM

I forgot to mention the most appealing alternative of all. The new NFA section of the BATF, (as of about a year and one half ago) is not the old NFA branch of the BATF. Today, you can ask for a record search of the serial number of the gun in question. If by chance the vet registered the gun during the 1968 anmesty, you can request a copy of the paperwork. I recently legally acquired a dewatted Winchester 1918 BAR in this way, transferred it to a restorer from the estate on a form 5, who rewatted the gun and transferred it to me on a form 4. I now own a fully functional, legal piece of history.
Keep in mind that capture papers, treasury department registry and BATF 1968 amnesty registry are all legal form of firearm identification. You can buy and own these guns legally once all the paperwork is done.
Don't let ignorance of the admittedly complex registry system help destroy these wonderful historic artifacts.
DougA

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06-04-2008, 07:59 AM	#29
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	I forgot to mention the most appealing alternative of all. The new NFA section of the BATF, (as of about a year and one half ago) is not the old NFA branch of the BATF. Today, you can ask for a record search of the serial number of the gun in question. If by chance the vet registered the gun during the 1968 anmesty, you can request a copy of the paperwork. I recently legally acquired a dewatted Winchester 1918 BAR in this way, transferred it to a restorer from the estate on a form 5, who rewatted the gun and transferred it to me on a form 4. I now own a fully functional, legal piece of history. Keep in mind that capture papers, treasury department registry and BATF 1968 amnesty registry are all legal form of firearm identification. You can buy and own these guns legally once all the paperwork is done. Don't let ignorance of the admittedly complex registry system help destroy these wonderful historic artifacts. DougA