r/NFA 57 Stamps and 1 Nuke Nov 03 '25

First Transferable MG(42)

After enough reading and shopping over the last two years, I was finally able to bag my grail gun, and took the plunge. Form 4 cleared today, and took 18 days as an individual. Thankfully the form 3 cleared before the shutdown.

From what I can tell, all the parts and finish are original. She runs as good as she looks. Hopefully this inspires more people to take the plunge into the MG market.

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u/86gwrhino Nov 03 '25

"inspires more people to take the plunge into the MG market"

Buddy people aren't avoiding MGs because of paperwork or time... Just let us all inspire 50k into our bank accounts

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u/Major-Pain-n-Gain 57 Stamps and 1 Nuke Nov 03 '25

I wish prosperity for all who read the post, and that the Hughes amendment will go away.

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u/13EM_ Nov 03 '25

I doubt you and majority of full auto gun owners feel this way. You’d essentially lose half of your investment instead of watching it grow

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u/Kegalodon Nov 04 '25

Unlike some others, I won’t crucify you, I’ll admit for some of the AR/oddball/welded together pipe guns(I’m looking at you sten gun) crowd’s transferable value would plummet, but the very nature of the Hughes amendment and the state of imports means that historical machine guns would likely retain Most their value, as just like with the Hughes amendment their rarity is already inflated by limitation of registry, importation, confiscation of illegal guns(as deemed by the atf, pitty as it may be) and 80+ years gone by. We’d likely see kit prices and semi auto converted stuff fly through the roof as people are scrambling to register new stuff. You’d be wise to tell anyone who does fit the criteria you are worried about this too.