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<blockquote data-quote="aviator41" data-source="post: 2452708" data-attributes="member: 30309">I think we are talking about the same thing here, just coming at it form different directions. The advantage I mention is that it&#039;s not serialized and therefore traceable. That same lack of feature makes it unsellable, being unsellable isn&#039;t a desireable feature, it was a side-effect of the lack of serialization (and makers information and city and state)As soon as you put a serial number on it, it&#039;s just another long gun. No, it doesn&#039;t magically appear on some list. I think we are all reasoable adults and realize that can&#039;t happen. however, if you sell it through an FFL to someone else. Or you pawn it, that serial number ends up in the atf database. ergo, the anonymity of a home-milled lower is lost.the spirit of the C&amp;R is to allow a collector of curios and relics to manipulate their own collection with relative ease.&nbsp; There&#039;s nothing wrong with buying or selling in order to manipulate that collection.I don&#039;t know how it would work if the maker of a lower from an 80% died suddenly but there&#039;s no serial. I guess the estate would be the de-facto owner at that point and would probably be encouraged to have it serialized.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aviator41, post: 2452708, member: 30309"] I think we are talking about the same thing here, just coming at it form different directions. The advantage I mention is that it's not serialized and therefore traceable. That same lack of feature makes it unsellable, being unsellable isn't a desireable feature, it was a side-effect of the lack of serialization (and makers information and city and state) As soon as you put a serial number on it, it's just another long gun. No, it doesn't magically appear on some list. I think we are all reasoable adults and realize that can't happen. however, if you sell it through an FFL to someone else. Or you pawn it, that serial number ends up in the atf database. ergo, the anonymity of a home-milled lower is lost. the spirit of the C&R is to allow a collector of curios and relics to manipulate their own collection with relative ease. There's nothing wrong with buying or selling in order to manipulate that collection. I don't know how it would work if the maker of a lower from an 80% died suddenly but there's no serial. I guess the estate would be the de-facto owner at that point and would probably be encouraged to have it serialized. [/QUOTE]

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