Thanks to all the members who have sold me things in the last couple years.
Grandfather old machine gun attic.
Grandma said gun was taken from german soldier killed at the battle of the bulge by grandpa and not spoken about often.
People are going through grandpa walt s or uncle jesse s belongings after they pass away and are finding all kinds of stuff like thompsons mp40s grease guns you name it.
Traded my pop a glock for a bag of old guns ammo duration.
Hope it lifts yours as well.
We had the thought that the atf views machine guns as once a machine gun sbr always a machine gun sbr but if the gun you found was never registered with the atf would that be a kind of work around.
Because you re going to assume the firearm is loaded it follows that you ll need to treat it with all the respect you d give it if you knew for sure it was ready to fire.
And i know this means diddly squat to the atf but this was all talked about in a theoretical way.
I do know that prior to the machine gun control act of 1934 intended to take thompsons and bars out of the hands of organized crime anyone who could afford one could buy either one legally and there are people who did.
The first rule of firearms safety is all guns are always loaded never ever assume that a found gun is unloaded no matter how old it is or how exotic it appears.
Military gun tools model 1922 m1 m2 model 1917 enfield sharps spencer model 1895 lee navy model 1871 remington rolling block colt revolvers model 1855 1864 model 1861 special model 1847 musketoon model 1842 model 1841 cadet.
Here is a write up i found on another site that was done by a prominent sot which covers what one should do in such a situation.
Grandfather s rifle from the war duration.
Stored in attic for years.
Found a gun in the attic but had to hand it over to the police.
Page 1 of 2 look what i found in grandpa s attic posted in thompson submachine gun message board.
Finished documenting the damage to the 28 navy and case and wanted to lift my spirits.
No machine guns found in my attic.
Gun turns out to be an mp 40 matching s on barrell lower and upper with original leather sling excellent shape considering use no rust and very clean.
