Clay Pigeon
Shooter
neither of the two I sent back had different numbers, in fact if it had a different number, they couldn’t send it to you, they’d have to send it to a dealer and you’d have to fill out a 4473 and undergo a background check.
none of the people I know who sent in theirs got new serial numbers
Not true, a manufacturers are allowed to replace a reciever with a new one with a new serial number and ship it back to the customer without a dealer / 4473 being done.
Where the repair of a customer’s firearm results in an exchange of a frame or receiver, an entry
shall be made in the licensee’s records to show the transfer of such replacement part, as it is a
“firearm” as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3). Further, as held in ATF Ruling 74-20, 1974 ATF
C.B. 61, a Form 4473, Firearms Transaction Record, shall not be required to record the
disposition of a replacement firearm of the same kind and type where the firearm is delivered by
the licensee to the person from whom the malfunctioning or damaged firearm was received. The
frame or receiver received from the customer shall be entered as an acquisition, and if destroyed,
it shall be entered in the disposition record as destroyed.
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