Dear Folks:
I'm having a couple of little problems and was hoping someone here could help.
First, our shop recently bought a Colt 9mm rifle from one of our good customers who needed some cash. The question is whether the rifle is a LE only rifle. The reason I'm asking is that all the books I've checked state that Colt sold a lot of LE only rifles without marking them LE only. These same books also say that it is a criminal offense for anyone other than a LEO to possess one of these unmarked LE only rifles. I have called Colt, but they were of no help. I've looked on the web and haven't found anything other than a few references to serial numbers below TA 10100 being "preban." I called ATF and all they could do was suggest that I call Colt, which I have already done without any success.How can I find out if this thing is LE only?
Second, another fellow, also a LEO, sold a semi-auto HK MP5 to us and we were ready to put it out on the rack for resale when another LEO tells us that there is a problem. According to this fellow, because the rifle has a pistol grip forearm, it is a Class II weapon. Once again, we called ATF, but they only offered to send us a new set of regulations and refered us to their website which really isn't too helpful. We also called HK, but again, they weren't too helpful either, saying only that they would be willing to fit it with the standard forearm if we send to them and pay an exorbident amount. I know that there are kits and so forth to put forward pistol grips on AR's, SKS's and AK's, but those aren't quite the same as an MP5. Is an otherwise civilian-legal MP5 a class 2 weapon just because it has a forward pistol grip?
Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
I'm having a couple of little problems and was hoping someone here could help.
First, our shop recently bought a Colt 9mm rifle from one of our good customers who needed some cash. The question is whether the rifle is a LE only rifle. The reason I'm asking is that all the books I've checked state that Colt sold a lot of LE only rifles without marking them LE only. These same books also say that it is a criminal offense for anyone other than a LEO to possess one of these unmarked LE only rifles. I have called Colt, but they were of no help. I've looked on the web and haven't found anything other than a few references to serial numbers below TA 10100 being "preban." I called ATF and all they could do was suggest that I call Colt, which I have already done without any success.How can I find out if this thing is LE only?
Second, another fellow, also a LEO, sold a semi-auto HK MP5 to us and we were ready to put it out on the rack for resale when another LEO tells us that there is a problem. According to this fellow, because the rifle has a pistol grip forearm, it is a Class II weapon. Once again, we called ATF, but they only offered to send us a new set of regulations and refered us to their website which really isn't too helpful. We also called HK, but again, they weren't too helpful either, saying only that they would be willing to fit it with the standard forearm if we send to them and pay an exorbident amount. I know that there are kits and so forth to put forward pistol grips on AR's, SKS's and AK's, but those aren't quite the same as an MP5. Is an otherwise civilian-legal MP5 a class 2 weapon just because it has a forward pistol grip?
Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.