I GOT MY 03FFL TODAY! WOOHOOOOOOO!!!!
my bank account suddenly looks really, really small >:(
about the SKS, would it be less "evil" looking if I bought an SKS that doesn't qualify as C&R (like a Norinco) and then did all the stuff to it that I said earlier? Also the stock and mags that I want are made here in the US (not imported) and are "Compliance Parts".
Now my rule book needs to get here.....
barnett3006,
I would say that if I were you, I would get a Norinco and dude it up with some synthetic stuff. I have a Norinco paratrooper that I bought back in (I think it was) '96. It had a spike bayonet, and I dropped it into an ATI folder, put a cheese grater gas vent handguard on it, and got a few 30 round mags for it.
It was my understanding that it was (at least the seller at the gun show claimed) a pre-ban. You'll see a lot of Norinco's that don't have bayonets, and it was my understanding that these were post-ban....hence the absence of bayonet. Now, that's not to say that an individual couldn't buy the $5 bayonet, slap it on a post-ban, and claim it a pre-ban. I really like the folding stock on the paratrooper because it makes it really compact.
I plan on getting a Yugo with my C&R, and I am going to just clean it up, touch up the bluing, and refinish the stock.....but will leave this in the original configuration. It may be a little bit of a gray area in the law....but I'd err on the side of caution and just find a Norinco to "synthetic up". They are all over gunbroker for around $200, and I saw one at the last gunshow for $165 asking. It had a rough stock, but other than that looked pretty good.