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CURIOS & RELICS QUESTION

rlfcjf
HAVE BEEN READING UP ON CURIOS & RELICS AND KEEP GETTING
MESSED UP WITH THE ATF'S STATEMENT ABOUT A CURIO &
RELIC IS A FIREARM MANUFACTURED MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO..

DO THEY MEAN THAT A FIREARM MANUFACTURED MORE THAN 50
YEARS AGO COULD BE A C & R IF THEY APPROVE IT OR DOES
IT MEAN THAT A 50 YEAR OLD FIREARM IS AUTOMATICALLY A
C & R....

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  • 22WRF
    It's Auto

    50 years + makes it C&R


    I married a Moonshiners Daughter and I Love her Still

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  • He Dog
    Here is the list:

    http://www.atf.gov/firearms/curios/sec2.htm

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  • 22WRF
    From the ATF website
    http://www.atf.gov/firearms/relics/#LIST

    CURIOS OR RELICS AND COLLECTOR'S ITEMS: DEFINITIONS AND DETERMINATIONS

    "Curios or relics" is defined in 27 CFR ? 178.11, as follows:

    Firearms which are of special interest to collectors by reason of some quality other than is associated with firearms intended for sporting use or as offensive or defensive weapons. To be recognized as curios or relics, firearms must fall within one of the following categories:

    (a) Firearms which were manufactured at least 50 years prior to the current date, but not including replicas thereof;

    (b) Firearms which are certified by the curator of a municipal, State, or Federal museum which exhibits firearms to be curios or relics of museum interest; and

    (c) Any other firearms which derive a substantial part of their monetary value from the fact that they are novel, rare, bizarre, or because of their association with some historical figure, period, or event. Proof of qualification of a particular firearm under this category may be established by evidence of present value and evidence that like firearms are not available except as collector's items, or that the value of like firearms available in ordinary commercial channels is substantially less.


    I married a Moonshiners Daughter and I Love her Still

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  • HOWBECK
    A gun 50 years old as of todays date is a C&R. It cannot be a replica of one and qualify if it uses modern ammo.

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  • rlfcjf
    THANKS ALOT FELLOW GB'ERS... I GOT TAKEN TO TASK BY
    A POTENTIAL BIDDER ONCE , BECAUSE I WOULD NOT TAKE
    A C & R BECAUSE I COULD NOT FIND THIS PARTICULAR WEAPON
    LISTED ON ATF'S LIST...THEN RECENTLY I READ SOMEWHERE,
    AND I BELIEVE IT IS FROM THE ATF SITE THAT THEIR POSTED
    LIST IS NOT ALL INCLUSIVE...

    I HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH THE ATF LIST IN A LONG TIME, HOWEVER
    I WOULD GUESS THAT ALOT OF FIREARMS THAT QUALIFY FOR C & R
    STATUS ARE NOT LISTED...



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