These old Lahtis and Solothurns do not use the common Vulcan ammo, but rather a high-velocity belted round that is getting hard to find, 20x138B. Then register it on an ATF Form1, and when it is approved, acquire a barrel and install it. Bureau of Firearms staff will be leaders in providing firearms expertise and information to law enforcement, legislators, and the general public in a. Unlike a machine gun, you CAN register a new Destructive Device. Welcome to the California DOJ Bureau of Firearms The Bureau of Firearms serves the people of California through education, regulation, and enforcement actions regarding the manufacture, sales, ownership, safety training, and transfer of firearms. In 1968, if it was not registered in the amnesty, then is contraband with it's barrel, but not if it doesn't have the barrel.Įvery now and again, these turn up that were not registered.
If you take the barrel off, it's no longer a Destructive Device, but just a simple Title 1 firearm. What makes that a Destructive Device is the caliber - 20mm. More weirdness about gun laws is required to answer that question. The Lahti looks especially convenient on snow days. If someone had purchased the 20mm Finnish Lahti Anti-tank rifle back then, would it have been grandfathered in by subsequent legislation, or what? The ad copy is pretty funny, in a vintage mad-magazine fashion.
