an issue arises from your statements--which I would love to see links to have on hand for future references too sir!--about the LEOs being able to confiscate a weapon based upon suspicion--technically to comply with 922r the US Made parts have to be clearly marked as "Made in USA" to qualify...therefore its asinine to think any rational judge would sign a confiscation order when a simple field-strip on premesis can confirm compliance...
I will add that this is why I kept the packaging and documentation for all my Saiga conversion parts: Proof of 922r compliance and dates to verify Grandfathered Status should the requirements be changed....
i should have said that any LEO, with probable cause to seize your weapon, can apply for ATF tech to have it inspected to make sure it isn't an illegal weapon. And there is absolutely no verbiage about any part of a weapon (outside the receiver) being marked with a country of origin.
Note also that section 922(r) only bans "assembly", it is not
a crime to possess a weapon "assembled" in violation of this
section. However it may be subject to seizure and forfeiture, under
some circumstances, if ATF can show it was assembled in knowing or
willful violation of the Gun Control Act, under 18 U.S.C. section
924(d)(1), by clear and convincing evidence.
As for 922....this is as close as i have ever seen published
United States Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee,
v.
Ted Parker FIX, Appellant.
No. 99-30235.
1999.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
At the time of the offenses, appellant was the owner of a gun store in Lakewood, Washington. On January 8, 1998, appellant purchased two Norinco SKS assault rifles, serial numbers 8002356 and 8109223, from Nationwide Sports Distributors. See E.R. H62. Nationwide had purchased the guns on May 3, 1994 and May 5, 1994 respectively. See E.R. H66. Nationwide shipped the rifles to appellant with wooden stocks and permanent 10-round magazines. See E.R. H62-63. In early 1998, at appellant's direction, Jason Caputo, an employee in appellant's gun store, replaced the Norincos' stocks with folding ones. See E.R. H70-72, 123. Around the same time, Caputo added a folding stock to and removed a permanent magazine from a third Norinco SKS, serial number W2289. See E.R. H70-72. Appellant testified at trial that this third rifle was also manufactured before 1994. See E.R. H107.
*5 On April 8, 1998, Lieutenant Joseph Kirby of the City of Tacoma Police Department, working undercover in conjunction with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, bought the Norinco SKS with serial number 8002356 from appellant at appellant's gun store. See E.R. H27-28. The gun was equipped with a folding stock and bayonet mount. Appellant modified it in Kirby's presence to accept an extended-capacity detachable magazine. See E.R. H28-29, 81-82. On April 27, 1998, Heith Holden, another Tacoma police officer working undercover with the Bureau, purchased the Norinco with serial number 8109223 from appellant. See E.R. H53-55. The weapon also came with a folding stock and bayonet mount and accepted high-capacity detachable magazines. See E.R. H55, 81-82. Appellant had obtained the accessories added to the rifles from wholesalers. See E.R. at H111.
Following these purchases, Special Agent Benjamin Silva of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms executed a search warrant at appellant's store, where he found the Norinco SKS rifle with serial number W2289. See E.R. H81-82. Agent Silva also found a nine millimeter Calico Liberty III pistol in appellant's store, to which a foregrip and laser site had been added. See E.R. H82-83. *6 Appellant confirmed at trial that the Calico was his, see E.R. H119, and stated that he had bought the foregrip and laser site, see E.R. H112, and had installed the laser site himself, see E.R. H120.
At trial, Agent Silva testified that, with the foregrip attached, the Calico was a two-handed weapon. See E.R. H90. Officer Michael Cooney, also with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, testified that, with the addition of the foregrip, the Calico is a two-handed weapon and therefore not a pistol. See E.R. H98-02. Officer Cooney further explained that, because of the way it was mounted, use of the laser site in firing the gun would require two hands. See E.R. H103. The defendant testified that he had fired the Calico both one-and two-handed, see E.R. H119; confirmed that, in installing the laser site, he envisioned firing the gun two-handed, see E.R. H120; and suggested, apparently in reference to the foregrip, that “
t could be a counter-balance” against the weight of the gun, see E.R. H122.
United States Court of Appeals,
Seventh Circuit.
TRADER VIC'S LTD, an Indiana Corporation[FN1] and Victor L. Reid, Sr. Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Paul H. O'NEILL, Secretary of Department of Treasury. Defendant-Appellee.
(charge) 4. Attaching bayonets to SKS rifles. This violates 18 U.S.C. § 922(r).
About SKSs with bayonets...
Have no idea of the out come of either case. There are charges made for 922r as add ons, but there is very little info about cases brought to trial for them.