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I Found a Machine Gun: What Should I Do?

The number of firearms that are discovered that dropped off the grid just due to forgetting where the papers are is actually more common than people think.

Remember the lady who tried to turn in a STG-44 in the buyback? The officers helpfully told her to sell that valuable piece of history for something more than the gift cards they were authorized. Checking the NFA registry is actually a fairly straightforward thing to check.

The ATF will check their records and determine, based on all of the markings available find whether or not it on the NFA registry. The complication comes into it because older firearms had a wide variety of markings and the markings the ATF know are only the ones put on the registry page. Names, cities, all the available information to check against typos and other human error in the registry.

Keith is the Editor-in-Chief of GAT Marketing Agency, Inc. editor@gatdaily.com A USMC Infantry Veteran and Small Arms and Artillery Technician, Keith covers the evolving training and technology from across the shooting industry. A Certified Instructor since 2009, he has taught concealed weapons courses in the West Michigan area in the years since and continues to pursue training and teaching opportunities as they arise.