Thanks for the clarification Kutter as I am NOT an FFL holder but have been collecting and observing for many years. I have seen, as an example, the following recently at a gun show. A pile of old clunker 22 barreled receivers that looked like someone had used them as tent stakes. I asked the dealer if these had to be transferred with a 4473 and his response was "Nah not in this condition". This show is big and there are usually many BATF agent in attendance working undercover. I was at this show for multipe days and these clunkers remained on the dealers table so the BATF had to see them.
I guess I'll have to remain in the "They just don't get it category" as the expert in his own mind indicated above.
I also saw another dealer sell a Luger with no paperwork after I had looked at it. It apparentely had been cut apart and then welded together to make a display piece and no parts including the magazine were movable. However it was a complete gun at least externally
Jim
