broknprism
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I read an article yesterday -- can't remember where, now -- and the author said he acquired an old beater 1st gen SAA. It was made of different parts, and he had it restored. When he restored it, he said the gunsmith (a well-known SAA smith whose first and/or last name satrts with L, can't recall)gave it a new serial number. ?
My question is, can you do that? If so, what is the administrative mechanism? To take an old gun like that and 'assign' an S/N effectively alters the old one -- a felony on a modern gun. Does the age of the gun have a bearing on this? If it's an antique, has it dropped off the ATF's radar for the purposes of tracing/tracking? Is it no longer a gun, hence no longer a crime? If you can do it to a 1st gen, can you do it to a 3rd gen?
My question is, can you do that? If so, what is the administrative mechanism? To take an old gun like that and 'assign' an S/N effectively alters the old one -- a felony on a modern gun. Does the age of the gun have a bearing on this? If it's an antique, has it dropped off the ATF's radar for the purposes of tracing/tracking? Is it no longer a gun, hence no longer a crime? If you can do it to a 1st gen, can you do it to a 3rd gen?