Single Action Exemption

[MrOrange]

There is a way to SAE a revolver without disassembly. I did it with my 3" 686 prior to it being on the roster this year.

Let me dig up the link ... it's a very little talked about method but it has been posted before.

If you're talking about the blockage method, I think UG Imports has done that. I'd forgotten about that method, seemed a little shaky to me, but if you have an FFL willing to do it, then more power to ya.

[dfletcher]

If you're talking about the blockage method, I think UG Imports has done that. I'd forgotten about that method, seemed a little shaky to me, but if you have an FFL willing to do it, then more power to ya.

The "blockage method" being, for lack of a better term, a sort of clam shell type lock clamped over the front half of the trigger guard & fully covering the trigger when it's in resting position and preventing it from being pulled, correct? The trigger becomes accessible only if the hammer is thumb cocked.

Would riveting left & right half lower the concern factor?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but on DROS the SAE is listed but the method not specified. However if an FFL did many dozen of these it might invite DOJ interest.

[deephouse]

If you're talking about the blockage method, I think UG Imports has done that. I'd forgotten about that method, seemed a little shaky to me, but if you have an FFL willing to do it, then more power to ya.

[deephouse]

The "blockage method" being, for lack of a better term, a sort of clam shell type lock clamped over the front half of the trigger guard & fully covering the trigger when it's in resting position and preventing it from being pulled, correct? The trigger becomes accessible only if the hammer is thumb cocked.



Would riveting left & right half lower the concern factor?



Correct me if I'm wrong, but on DROS the SAE is listed but the method not specified. However if an FFL did many dozen of these it might invite DOJ interest.

[deephouse]

Plastic trimmed:



Trigger guard protected with elec tape






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[Lead Waster]

He was confused about SSE (Single SHOT Exemption), there are some 1911 and 2011 MANUFACTURERS (ie; custom shops) that will make a xx11 pistol single shot from the get go with a break-top action. Then you can swap in a normal slide later. The key is that it's built AS a single shot gun from the "factory".

As you said "from when the keel was laid". But out of state transfers of existing guns aren't from the manufacturer if it's a private (even via FFL) sale.

Our laws are just so stupid.

Another option is to have a DA revolver sent to an out of state dealer/smith, who would do the SA conversion before sending it to your friendly local FFL. But again, I don't know who I'd trust to do that with a Korth. I'd ask forum member audiophil2, if he doesn't want to work on it he might be able to recommend someone.

I try not to criticize a lack of basic firearms knowledge from someone who's brand new to firearms, but with almost 5,000 posts. ...



SAE by law only exists, and has ever only existed, for revolvers. That's besides the fact that a 1911 is the very definition of a single action pistol, other than a few aberrations like the Para LDA jobbies. I don't think a Colt Double Eagle was ever considered a 1911.





Making a 1911 into a bolt action is no longer an option to avoid the roster. A handgun has to be a bolt or break action from the time the keel was laid, so to speak. Converting existing designs has dun bin outlawed.

[deephouse]

I do miss SSE dearly tho...


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[04Glider2]

So since it started as "Single Shot" can a Remington XP100 be purchased from an online auction and sent to a CA FFL for a legal transfer?