Scrap or Crime?

[robertmcw]

Scrap or Crime?

I have just sold a MG34 cut front piece and in the ad was said no sales to CA. I am not aware of the laws of CA for sales of gun parts. The buyer has told me it is scrap and is OK to ship to him. I live in Texas and we have no laws would not prohibit possession of machine gun parts, as long it approved by ATF. But I am not knowledgeable enough to know if it would a bad thing to ship this part to the buyer. Can you tell me if is OK to ship this part to CA?
This is the ad and the part:

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/755542301

Thanks, Robert

[SVT-40]

It's not a firearm... It's just a piece of metal, which was once part of a firearm... No different than a part of a wood stock, or a piece of a barrel...

It's legal to ship to ca.

[caliguy93]

I read somewhere that it had to be plasma cut (to avoid easily rewelding) and the whole receiver had to be cut diagonally multiple times.

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/machinegun-destruction

That looks like a saw was used and can easily be re welded

[hermosabeach]

Many folks in CA run m16 bolts not AR bolts... as long as you are not selling all the pieces, not an issue.

To clarify, many of the new ARs being sold also have the M16 bolt

[robertmcw]

I read somewhere that it had to be plasma cut (to avoid easily rewelding) and the whole receiver had to be cut diagonally multiple times.

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/machinegun-destruction

That looks like a saw was used and can easily be re welded

I would agree if you are buying the whole receiver. I got the part years ago from IMA and I got it like that. I have seen parts like this for sale before.

RM

[81turbota]

I read somewhere that it had to be plasma cut (to avoid easily rewelding) and the whole receiver had to be cut diagonally multiple times.

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/machinegun-destruction

That looks like a saw was used and can easily be re welded

Could be an older demil. "Easier to weld" only comes into play if you have the rest of the receiver pieces. I see saw cut parts kit all the time. Even with torch cut kits, just get some overlapping pieces and saw cut them to fit.

Anything is re weldable with a skilled welder. Just look at all the semi auto Brens etc.

[SVT-40]

I read somewhere that it had to be plasma cut (to avoid easily rewelding) and the whole receiver had to be cut diagonally multiple times.

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/machinegun-destruction

That looks like a saw was used and can easily be re welded

That definition is a relative new definition as to what is necessary to "destroy" a receiver...

The responsibility falls on the person who owns the receiver and does the cutting.

The results of Improperly saw cutting a receiver instead of using a torch. would be cut pieces of a receiver...

Those pieces are not illegal to own, as they are not a receiver.

Years ago it was proper to saw cut receivers... Those pieces are still available and are legal to own and sell, as they are just pieces of metal.