Registration on a Browning .22 Take Down

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Here's a bit of a puzzler...
I have a FN Browning Takedown .22 repeater, and I just got the registration from the CFO and realized that they screwed it up. Number's wrong. :runaway: However, that's not the question.
In checking the registration number, I noticed that it's located on the barrel, and not the "action". In fact, further checking revealed that there is no reg. number on the action at all. (unless it is inside somewhere)
The action is 'unregisterable' by itself. The barrel seems to be the thing registered. If I got a new barrel, but used the same action, do I now have TWO firearms according to the CFO?
Any thoughts on this?
I remember a thread about something like this, where they discussed whether or not the rifle would be considered loaded if it was broken down, but had ammo in the stock. The gist was that the action is the firearm, even if it can't discharge the ammo without the barrel, so would be considered loaded.
It seems that the action can't be registered without the barrel either.
This seems to be a conundrum of a little shooter.
 
SN should be on the face of the receiver where it butts against the bbl. also on the face of the breechblock right above the number on the receiver - or is it the 'trigger group', I forget...
 
On mine there appears to be a serial number on the butt where the loading mechanism is.
When I registered mine I got one of those little stick-on serial numbers.
It did not match any other numbers anywhere on the firearm, and there is no refernce to any actual identifying marks on the rifle in the registration.
Seems foolish to me, lose the sticker and a registered gun is now missing. Peel the sticker and there is no way to tell it is a registered firearm. Put the sticker on any browning takedown and it is instantly registered to me, even if it was used in a crime.
 
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