I haven't given up yet, I'am still calling and sending letters, but if the 50 ban passes....

 

Could I simply swap out the barrel on my Desert Eagle to 44 would that make it legal?

Or because it was it was transferred to me as a 50AE would it still be considered illegal?

Handguns are registered/transferred by the serial number on the reveiver - not caliber. If you changed to .44 caliber and disposed of the barrel - i.e. sold it out of state, then you would be fine. If you kept the barrel, while still having the receiver in your possession - even if now mounted with a .44 barrel, you might get caught on "constructive possession".

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

Ok thanks. If it comes to it I won't have to sell off a whole gun at least.

Handguns are registered/transferred by the serial number on the reveiver - not caliber. If you changed to .44 caliber and disposed of the barrel - i.e. sold it out of state, then you would be fine. If you kept the barrel, while still having the receiver in your possession - even if now mounted with a .44 barrel, you might get caught on "constructive possession".

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

 

The caliber is part of the registration and is listed on the firearm owners purchased handguns record. Whether or not it is legal or not, I don't know, but it is recorded.

The caliber is part of the registration and is listed on the firearm owners purchased handguns record. Whether or not it is legal or not, I don't know, but it is recorded.

 

There are a lot of handguns on which it is possible to change the caliber by virtue of a simple barrel swap or a more complicated top-end swap. The receiver - or the part with the serial number stamped on it - is the firearm, regardless of caliber. And just to stave off any controversy, on multiple stamped firearms, i.e. triple stamped Sigs, it is the frame that counts.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

There are a lot of handguns on which it is possible to change the caliber by virtue of a simple barrel swap or a more complicated top-end swap. The receiver - or the part with the serial number stamped on it - is the firearm, regardless of caliber. And just to stave off any controversy, on multiple stamped firearms, i.e. triple stamped Sigs, it is the frame that counts.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

 

Please Bob, correct me if I'm wrong. But isn't the fact that it's the frame that counts as a firearm that allows us to buy conversion kits of different calibers for the same frame and have them shipped directly to us?

Please Bob, correct me if I'm wrong. But isn't the fact that it's the frame that counts as a firearm that allows us to buy conversion kits of different calibers for the same frame and have them shipped directly to us?

 

Yes. Frame = Receiver