what to do?

[mike webb]

Sad but the receiver will probably have to be destroyed. Can you have something like this dewatted in the U.S.A.(deactivated war trophy)? Here in Canada I think they can be rendered permanently inoperable, inspected by the RCMP for proof and you are good to go. Still some value in DEWAT machine guns from the prices I see on Canadian forums. It is a crying shame to see history hacked up and melted down.

[browningautorifle]

Can you have something like this dewatted in the U.S.A.

They have a rule, once an MG always an MG...no you can't. Thing is, we haven't even determined what this is yet...I've had these stories come to me and then prove to be mostly nothing.

a german/english/american/japanese machine gun.

???

[Vincent]

Hardly a gun show goes by here without some kind of contraband showing up. Undocumented machine guns are the most common. Drop in auto-sears, suppressors, live grenades…. you name it. One guy had a nice StG 44. Another had a mint M14. And not one of these folks wanted to believe they had something illegal. When I told them they would nod and say other dealers told them the same thing. Then they went to the next table and tried to sell it.

[vintage hunter]

Hardly a gun show goes by here without some kind of contraband showing up. Undocumented machine guns are the most common. Drop in auto-sears, suppressors, live grenades…. you name it. One guy had a nice StG 44. Another had a mint M14

I wonder how many of them are BATFE spooks trolling for suckers??
Here is S.C. you have to pass through an inspection area staffed by the local SD and/or PD before your allowed inside. All firearms are checked to be sure they're legal and not loaded then gets a zip tie through the action. (Judging by the bucket of mixed ammo on the table there must be a fair number of idiots showing up with loaded guns.) Packs and bags are checked for contraband as well. This includes loaded magazines.

[Vincent]

I wonder how many of them are BATFE spooks trolling for suckers??
Here is S.C. you have to pass through an inspection area staffed by the local SD and/or PD before your allowed inside. All firearms are checked to be sure they're legal and not loaded then gets a zip tie through the action. (Judging by the bucket of mixed ammo on the table there must be a fair number of idiots showing up with loaded guns.) Packs and bags are checked for contraband as well. This includes loaded magazines.

Same inspection here, by off duty PD officers. They put the zip tie on and send them in. They don't ask to see tax stamps and an undocumented machine gun looks just like a legal one. The vast majority of machine guns are legally owned, bought and sold at shows. It's only when a dealer asks for the form or bring back papers that you can tell a legal gun from an illegal one.

[mmppres]

same system here all guns going in are checked an zip tied with a tag that states there are ok. dealers must also zip an tag any firearms to be released out door too.

[vintage hunter]

They don't ask to see tax stamps

I just assumed they did a legality check. Maybe not. I did witness a fellow a few places ahead of me being informed that his shotgun was illegal due to barrel length once though. Up until a few years ago I rarely missed a show in SC or across the river in Augusta, GA. The only time I can remember seeing any MG's, No.4 T's, L42's and such was when Brian Dick was still setting up at local shows. I finally quit going because the things that interested me seldom turned up.