Full Auto Guns Stolen

Forgive my ignorance but I'm a few beers in and having trouble connecting the dots...why are transferrables no more valuable than anything else?

Post samples, not transferables.

So a post sample is basically just the auto sear conversion?

It can be. Anything after May of 1986 is a post sample.

Transferables are a fixed quantity, those on the registry prior to May 1986. Pure supply and demand for their high cost. Post may, they are still being made, so quantity is not limited ( but ownership is). The physical difference between a machine gun and a semi auto can be just a couple of small items, hence not much more cost than a semi auto to manufacture.

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Originally Posted by Dlesh123

Transferables are a fixed quantity, those on the registry prior to May 1986. Pure supply and demand for their high cost. Post may, they are still being made, so quantity is not limited ( but ownership is). The physical difference between a machine gun and a semi auto can be just a couple of small items, hence not much more cost than a semi auto to manufacture.

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Change out a sear, trigger, and safety (probably a couple parts i'm forgetting) and you can charge big bucks for small parts that probably cost pennies more to make.

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Originally Posted by Skip

But they might get scratched.

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I lol'd

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Originally Posted by foxtrot

Anyone feel free to correct me if necessary.

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Almost never gonna be a transfer tax on post-samples, since they can only go to dealers/gov't/LE, and the seller has to get rid of them before giving up SOT status. Between SOTs is tax free, as is any transaction involving a government entity.

Pre-samples can go tax-free if the seller gets rid of them before giving up their SOT, or tax-paid, if after, but still can only go TO an active SOT/LE/gov't.