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I'm Officially Out
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Biggfoot44
Ultimate Member
- Aug 2, 2009
- 33,278
Welcome to MDS I've-got-my-Permit .
Stop on by the Introductions subforum and introduce your self. You know we're curious about your Screen name.
Stop on by the Introductions subforum and introduce your self. You know we're curious about your Screen name.
54rndball
take to the hills
I have bought about all the old ComBloc milsurp that I want, the last thing I picked up was an EG Makarov. But there are those old S&W revolvers, plus still thinking about a Luger. As well as old sporting rifles, as was mentioned.
As a licensee, you may be inspected once a year if BATFE wishes to do so. They may choose to inspect your bound book or collection or both. YOU have the option of doing the inspection at their office or your licensed premises. My experience many years ago was that, when they notified me that they wanted to do and inspection, I asked when they wanted me to bring my collection into their Baltimore office. They decided to just look at my book and I never heard from them again.
Could this be a reason to not renew? If you have five or six rifles, who cares. But what if you have 100 rifles? If you let it expire, then apply again with a new book, wouldn't it be easier to have them inspect and/or you bring a handful of rifles instead of your whole collection? And I mean the handful of rifles that are on the new book?
TapRackBang
Cheaper Than Diamonds
LargemouthAss
Active Member
- Dec 27, 2012
- 663
I let mine expire last April. I had not regretted it at all until I just got the sudden urge to own an old Remington Auto 5. I still think it will be worth it to just buy at a gun show and wait the half hour for the approval instead of waiting a couple months for the license.
budman93
Ultimate Member
I got my C&R right after I turned 21 in 2014. Unfortunately most of the deals were already gone. It still hurts that I missed out on the CZ82s. I've bought a $100 T53 and a couple p64s from sog but other than that all I've gotten is a nice shooter model 10 and a mint husqvarna 30-06 from some secondary dealers.
I'm mainly using my C&R for sporting rifles and shotguns as well as non-military arms that made it over here. Dealing with individuals on the various auction and sale sites can be difficult at time (many are reluctant to send to C&R at first) but I've found some nice items over the past few years that have helped me to make the renewal decision.
TapRackBang
Cheaper Than Diamonds
Just bought a Garand with my FFL-03. Paid for itself right there.
It's not the BATF that I worry about knowing, it's the OTHERS who will look for any and all reasons to make our lives harder.
Abulg1972
Ultimate Member
WESTMD
Member 2006
I just renewed my C&R for the 4th time. I am now mostly collecting guns from the early 1960's and there are a few deals to be had with less popular sporting arms, and I am always watching for fair priced military surplus.
I also have been audited by BATFE back in 2008 a few months into the OBAMA admin. The agent came to my home for the audit and matched every SN in my bound book to my guns. This took about 2 hours and then he said that he wanted to review all the laws and regulations for C&R, but because I had the FLU that day, he decided I already knew the rules of having a C&R and left.
I also have been audited by BATFE back in 2008 a few months into the OBAMA admin. The agent came to my home for the audit and matched every SN in my bound book to my guns. This took about 2 hours and then he said that he wanted to review all the laws and regulations for C&R, but because I had the FLU that day, he decided I already knew the rules of having a C&R and left.
WESTMD
Member 2006
I plan to do the same thing when I get to retire and move to a truly free state!
Unfortunately that is still 10 years away and a lot can change in 10 years, as in I may have to get out of MD sooner if it keeps going the way it has been.
Then you sir, are going to be able to go on a buying spree! With the exception of a few specific firearms in that realm, you can buy most C&R .22 single-shots for sub $200 all day long if you know where to look. C&R shotguns are what I've gotten into recently. It's an interesting world, especially now that early gas-operated guns and short-recoil/floating chamber guns are squarely in the C&R realm now.
ken792
Ultimate Member
Also stuff with pre-68 format serial numbers since the GCA required each firearm to have serial number that's unique from any other gun the manufacturer or importer made/imported. Stuff like Colts and Rugers have a clear serial number format change at the time and they started adding prefixes.
