Imbel FAL from Aimsurplus and 922r. - THR

First let me start by saying ATF letters are not the law and are not binding. They are some indication of how the ATF is interpreting the law, but that can change at the drop of a hat. There has at certain times been indication that inserting the mag (which is three countable parts) could be manufacturing. There are other letters stating it is not. There is to the best of my knowledge no settled law. I don't want to be a test case and neither do you. First let me start by saying ATF letters are not the law and are not binding. They are some indication of how the ATF is interpreting the law, but that can change at the drop of a hat. There has at certain times been indication that inserting the mag (which is three countable parts) could be manufacturing. There are other letters stating it is not. There is to the best of my knowledge no settled law. I don't want to be a test case and neither do you. You can have some foreign parts on a rifle, including a foreign flash hider, as long as your parts count under 922(r) is low enough that the rifle is not a foreign rifle for 922(r) purposes. That's how most foreign-design rifles are sold here. The IMBEL Rifle from DSA will have a sufficient US parts count (and therefore low enough foreign parts count) that it doesn't violate 922(r). Offhand I expect that its US parts include all furniture, all of the FCG, and of course the receiver. You can run a 922(r) calculator at the site below and make your own conclusions.

Gun Digest Buyer's Guide to Tactical Rifles

Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms

International Defense Directory, 1991

The Gun Digest Book of Guns & Prices 2011

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