NateIU10
Ultimate Member
ATF tells them it's needed to log them under their FFL. There has been sevel incidents with anodizers and ATF regarding this issue that have been discussed on various forms and Facebook groups.
Perhaps it can be fought but the anodizers have made it clear that if there is no markings they send it back and no work is done.
ATF as in local IOIs or someone that has a "real" opinion? I have always been told that home-built firearms are to be acquired the same way as pre-68 guns: Acquire the firearm from the person from whom received with a serial number of "NSN" or similar, listing the Manufacturer, Model, and caliber as listed on the firearm or None/Null as appropriate.
I'll ask the DIO out of Boston next time I speak with him, this is interesting.
Anodizers are told incorrect information from IOIs all the time (like FCGs milled to M16 spec without a sear pin hole). Even the most well-meaning IOIs get things wrong sometimes. If an anodizer receives a firearm, serialized or not, and fails to log the acquisition and disposition to return it because it doesn't meet their rules, that is certainly illegal...