M3 grease gun turned in to my friends PD

[icyclefar]

That's it, I'm tearing apart my attic this weekend! Wish me luck.

 

[SKS Ray]

The Fort Taber military museum in New Bedford has a few machine guns. Pretty sure they're welded up so they can't function but it's better than having it destroyed.

 

[Zappa]

Anyone remember the story of the Maxim gun captured by SGT Alvin York in WW1 that was found in the Nahant public library ???

http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/53083-Nahant-Library-and-Alvin-York-s-Maxim-Gun

You can't just donate it to any museum to save it from destruction by the ATF.
The museum has to receive federal funding to qualify, so a private museum like the one in Natick can't possess it legally.

Fortunately for the Alvin York Maxim, it ended up in a qualifying museum about 60 miles from where he grew up in Tennessee.

 

[nickortizzle1035]

Homeowner probably looks like:

This is one of the most punchable faces I have ever seen

 

[TimMcG74]

There is a WWII museum in Natick. Maybe they'd be interested.

 

[1919FAN]

Looks like a chi-com copy like ones encountered in Vietnam

 

[drgrant]

Anyone remember the story of the Maxim gun captured by SGT Alvin York in WW1 that was found in the Nahant public library ???

http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/53083-Nahant-Library-and-Alvin-York-s-Maxim-Gun

You can't just donate it to any museum to save it from destruction by the ATF.
The museum has to receive federal funding to qualify, so a private museum like the one in Natick can't possess it legally.

Where does it say this? Are non federally funded museums prohibited from obtaining the museum FFL? The museum not having the FFL is obviously an issue, but I've never heard of this stipulation in federal law.

-Mike

 

[jaypap]

Springfield Armory Museum? Or One-Eyed Jack's Museum?

Best answer yet and it made me laugh.

 

[the_shootist]

This is one of the most punchable faces I have ever seen

I just puked my breakfast

 

[Len-2A Training]

Where does it say this? Are non federally funded museums prohibited from obtaining the museum FFL? The museum not having the FFL is obviously an issue, but I've never heard of this stipulation in federal law.

-Mike

Mike,

I looked into the legalities of museums possessing firearms (never asked about NFA stuff) with nobody in charge even possessing a LTC and found out it was perfectly legal. Nothing I read/was told indicated any need for an FFL. As for NFA stuff, I am not sure if the same rules apply or not since I never asked.

 

[PilotRPI]

how come i never find these things in my house. best i found was a floppy disk that said porn but i had no floppy drive to enjoy it.

I think when I move I'll have to hide some 5.25" floppies around titled "best porn ever".

My brother and I use to share a house. When we moved we put really nasty descriptions of porn and descriptions of ammo on the boxers. Then just sit back and enjoy looking at the movers' faces.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

Looks like a chi-com copy like ones encountered in Vietnam

You are probably right on. Jack

 

[drgrant]

Mike,

I looked into the legalities of museums possessing firearms (never asked about NFA stuff) with nobody in charge even possessing a LTC and found out it was perfectly legal. Nothing I read/was told indicated any need for an FFL. As for NFA stuff, I am not sure if the same rules apply or not since I never asked.

Yeah, I knew that Title 1 stuff was never really a problem, Museum wouldn't need an FFL unless they wanted to accept guns from people from nonresidents, etc. (to get past all the gun shipping limitations BS).

I poked around tonight, Zappa is correct, or at least I've seen the same insinuation that NFA stuff can only go to museums on a Form 10 if the museum gets some "federal funding or recognition" whatever that means. Still looking for the chunk of US code that discusses this, but the whiffs im getting from the whole thing is its some kind of BATFE administrative edict kind of deal.

-Mike

 

[Rob Boudrie]

When we moved we put really nasty descriptions of porn and descriptions of ammo on the boxers.

The boxers didn't try to bite?

 

[Len-2A Training]

Yeah, I knew that Title 1 stuff was never really a problem, Museum wouldn't need an FFL unless they wanted to accept guns from people from nonresidents, etc. (to get past all the gun shipping limitations BS).

I poked around tonight, Zappa is correct, or at least I've seen the same insinuation that NFA stuff can only go to museums on a Form 10 if the museum gets some "federal funding or recognition" whatever that means. Still looking for the chunk of US code that discusses this, but the whiffs im getting from the whole thing is its some kind of BATFE administrative edict kind of deal.

-Mike

Mike,

I don't have time to dig thru the specifics, but a search of the PDF for Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide 2014 shows the following hits for museums

- (d) (2) on pg 27
- (b) on pg 36
- (C) on pg 57 (not good news)
- (C) on pg 58

If you can't find anything useful, ping me later and when I get a chance I'll run the question by my BATFE contact in DC.