Firearm customization

[Griffinsean411]

Hello,

For all my fellow MA gun enthusiasts. If you were to purchase a MA compliant firearm and send it out for customization work, is it no longer MA compliant? or at what point would it no longer be considered MA compliant.

 

[Youradolt]

Does not matter, customize away

 

[Business]

Does not matter, customize away

slow down there fast eddy, it depends on what customizations are made. Unless of course this mass compliant firearm is "pre-ban" he has limitations. I.E. collapsable stock on an ar or a pistol grip on a saiga 12. Deff need more info from OP

 

[Griffinsean411]

Personally I don't own a rifle at the moment. I do have a M&P I have been thinking of sending out for some work but it's more of just an idea at the moment. I know that there are some places that you can send a store bought firearm too and they will machine it and alter it to improve it. I was wondering if doing so renders the firearm non-compliant.

 

[mclina]

As stated above, as long as the final configuration of your gun does not violate the MA 'assault weapons ban', then you can do whatever you want to it. You just can't install folding/collapsible stock, flash hider, removable muzzle brake, etc..., and you can't shorten the barrel to the point that you violate barrel length or overall length requirements of NFA. Just making perfomance imrovements (trigger, magwell, handgrips, etc...) has no effect on compliance.

The easiest route is probably to drop off your gun at a shop and pick it up when it's done. If you are shipping the gun, then I believe you have to ship it through an FFL.

 

[kid_fisto]

The easiest route is probably to drop off your gun at a shop and pick it up when it's done. If you are shipping the gun, then I believe you have to ship it through an FFL.

If you're just modifying/repairing the firearm you do not have to send it through an FFL.
It may be best practice and it keeps your liability to a minimum should the package be intercepted prior to delivery.

Some people insist that you send through an FFL. But there is no law.

The only timean FFL must be involved is if it is being transferred and even then you have to send it TO an FFL and not necessarily through an FFL.

IANAL (I AM NOT A LAWYER, but I played a maritime lawyer in a staged show once . . .)

 

[highlander]

you can send any firearm to a FFL holder/gunsmith via UPS or FedEx as long as you follow their shipping rules and it can be returned directly to you. If it's a pistol/revolver see if the local gun shop can ship it via the USPS it will save you money over UPS or FedEx as the require to ship handguns overnight and it can get expensive very quickly. I've shipped all kinds of firearms using UPS/FedEx and haven't had a problem yet.