When is a restricted, restricted?

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Say I want to make some mod's to one of my pistols. If I disassemble it and take just the striped slide to a platers for chome or whatever finish, is this still resricted or does it only apply to an assembled firearm. Or how about the frame, etc.

Esentially, at what point of assembly does a firearm become a firearm?
 
Frame... That's it. That's the firearm....

That's were the serial number is.

Everything else is just parts.
 
It acutally all depends on waht has the serial number on it. MOST handguns have the restricted component being the lower (frame), but handguns like the Ruger MKI, MKII, and MKIII have the serial number on the upper portion of the firearm and that is considered the restricted part. I have been told if both the upper and lower have the serial number (My CZ Shadow), that the lower is what is restircted though.
 
Generally speaking, the "frame" is the lower part you hang onto and has the serial # and is legally "the firearm". As noted there are exceptions, like the Ruger. My Walther GSP is sometimes even more complicated as the serial #s are on the "Upper", but you can buy a "conversion kit" which is exactly the same, but in a different calibre & different serial #, but isn't controlled any more than an accessory. I've also seen a case where someone bought a GSP used and the new reg. certificate came back "no serial #" and included one of those stupid stickers. It clearly had a serial #, but on the upper, and when I tried to talk to someone at the CFC, she was adamant that the serial # had to be on the lower. Shrug. So some days it just depends on who you get on the phoneline.

To the original poster: if you have stripped your slide from your pistol, you are fine to take it to be plated. For gawds sake though, remove ALL the internal bits like the firing pin, springs, sights, extractor, etc. Or you'll get back an interesting looking paperweight.
 
I bought two bare, new 1911 frames, and they were registered as just that. According to the CFC (on the phone, so take it for what its worth), they become "firearms" when they are completely assembled, ready to use. At that point, they told me the registration needs to be changed to reflect this.

This is what I was told, no more. I asked the question of two different people at the cfc, but it was all verbal. There is sometimes a gray area in their policies.
 
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I bought two bare, new 1911 frames, and they were registered as just that. According to the CFC (on the phone, so take it for what its worth), they become "firearms" when they are completely assembled, ready to use. At that point, they told me the registration needs to be changed to reflect this.

This is what I was told, no more. I asked the question of two different people at the cfc, but it was all verbal. There is sometimes a gray area in their policies.
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But they still issued you with restricted reggies for them, they have to transported as if they are restricted firearms and in every other way treated as "firearms" despite what they told you - typical bureaucrats
 
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