MG-34: Need Some Advice

Jim Mac · 11-04-2017, 09:03 PM

I would get on the weapons guild and ask there. or call a few guys that have a ffl to build full autos. The batf changed the ways guns had to be demilled from saw cut in half to saw cut and torch cut etc. Early saw cut ak kits bring a premium because you can weld the evil third hole and weld them back together as a semi auto with a original reciever and still be legal.
from what I understand if you can find any paperwork or reciepts for the Dewat even if the batf doesn't have it on their books, your paperwork should be enough get it on the registry and basically you have a legal machine gun! Some assembly required. jim

gunbugs · 11-05-2017, 12:03 AM

DEWATS typically are not saw cut receivers. This type of demil procedure was required for importation after '86. Later ATF required torch cuts. I'd bet sure money no registration paperwork exists for this kit. It's just an earlier imported saw cut parts kit. Somewhat unusual, but not unheard of.

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11-04-2017, 09:03 PM	#1
Jim Mac User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 264 Thanks: 2 Thanked 70 Times in 37 Posts	I would get on the weapons guild and ask there. or call a few guys that have a ffl to build full autos. The batf changed the ways guns had to be demilled from saw cut in half to saw cut and torch cut etc. Early saw cut ak kits bring a premium because you can weld the evil third hole and weld them back together as a semi auto with a original reciever and still be legal. from what I understand if you can find any paperwork or reciepts for the Dewat even if the batf doesn't have it on their books, your paperwork should be enough get it on the registry and basically you have a legal machine gun! Some assembly required. jim

11-05-2017, 12:03 AM	#2
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 672 Thanks: 371 Thanked 1,202 Times in 407 Posts	DEWATS typically are not saw cut receivers. This type of demil procedure was required for importation after '86. Later ATF required torch cuts. I'd bet sure money no registration paperwork exists for this kit. It's just an earlier imported saw cut parts kit. Somewhat unusual, but not unheard of.