44 game getter

edgarspencer · 12-05-2011, 02:55 PM

Charley, Is the Iver Johnson called a 'Game Getter' or are you just calling it that?
The reason I ask is the Marbles made a variety of short barreled guns with a folding skeleton stock that was also called The Game Getter.
For a long time, people kept them hidden in their underwear drawer because it was a class 1, category 3 firearm by the ATF. To the best of my knowledge, they are now classified as a curio, but may require a $5 stamp. I'm not about to call and ask though.

Jeff Mayhew · 12-05-2011, 03:46 PM

I may be wrong, but a "curio" just means it can be sent to a C&R license holder; doesn't change the NFA classification. My understanding is that any shoulder-stocked weapon (meaning, manufactured that way, regardless of present configuration) with barrels under 18" is an AOW ("any other weapon") because it is a "short-barreled rifle." An old Colt cap-and-ball pistol (or any pistol, like a broom-handle mauser or luger w/shoulder-stock case) fitted to accept a shoulder-stock is not an SBR, because it was made as a pistol. Don't think too hard about it, it'll just make your head hurt.

The other complication is state laws, which vary on ownership of NFA stuff.

edgarspencer · 12-06-2011, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Mayhew

I may be wrong, but a "curio" just means it can be sent to a C&R license holder; doesn't change the NFA classification.

It's a lot more than the shipping Jeff.Yes, a C&R licensee can ship and receive, but the devil is in the definition of what a Curio or Relic actually is.
Maybe this will shed some light on it:

http://www.atf.gov/publications/down...chapter-10.pdf