ATF to Address “Definition of Frame or Receiver” Final Rule at FIC 2022
HARTFORD, CT – Yesterday, the Biden administration announced the final ruling for ATF 2021R-05, “Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms.” Among its provisions, the ruling will effectively eliminate the distribution of “80% kits” and require FFLs and gunsmiths to serialize such firearms upon acquisition. The rule will go into effect 120 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register. The President also announced his nomination of Steve Dettelbach to serve as Director of ATF.
“This ruling will have significant regulatory and operational impacts on FFLs, gun owners and the entire firearms industry,” said Phil Milks, Orchid VP and Lead Attorney at FFL Law. “It’s imperative firearm manufacturers and retailers review the ruling in detail and evaluate their manufacturing, serialization and recordkeeping processes to ensure compliance when the new regulations go into effect. We urge FFLs to contact Orchid to learn more about this ruling and how it may affect their firearms business.”
Following the announcement, Orchid LLC and Williams Mullen’s Firearms Industry Group have organized a 90-minute discussion at the 2022 Firearms Industry Conference (FIC), to be held in Atlanta on April 26–27, in which ATF executives will review the new ruling and take moderated questions from conference attendees. Agency personnel will also be available during scheduled regulatory breakout sessions and private FFL/ATF meetings. Read more
Knowing the propensity of folks to add muzzle devices to guns including 22-trainers, they gave users a threaded barrel – covered, so you could get the gun apart easily if you’re not adding stuff to the front of the gun. They supplied the thread adapter so you could add stuff to the front of the gun.If you want even more gear slung onto the front of the pistol, there’s a section of rail for a dust cover for your favorite gun light, laser or whatever.They use fiber optic sights front and back, as well as making the rear sight adjustable for windage and elevation. Or you can simply remove the rear sight/cover plate and attach an optic … like the SIG ROMEOZero (without any adapter plates).After the visual shooting solution, you may find the trigger isn’t to your liking – if you don’t like the flat-faced trigger. It seems that’s the ‘in’ thing, but they provide a curved trigger shoe for those who are flat trigger averse.The slide stop and manual safety (calm down, it’s a rimfire trainer) are bilateral, appearing on both sides of the pistol. The magazine release button can be reversed.
The gun, while appearing to be a striker-fired job, is (like most rimfire trainers of my acquaintance) hammer-fired. They call it ‘single-action,’ meaning that the press of the trigger only releases the hammer from the sear allowing the gun to fire. There are front- and rear cocking serrations, a fluted chamber (don’t recall seeing those since HK centerfire autoloaders) and the gun ships with a magazine-loading assistant.That’s likely to be handy when you’re loading twenty-round magazines. And, 25-round magazines are apparently being made as well.
