25 August 2014

1033

Among the things that piss me off about the 1033 program is the fact the Federal Government is giving the material away.

Material that would surely sell would that an exception in 18 USC §922(o) be carved out for CMP.

For some things, they don't even need that exception.  There's a passle of folks who'd love to lay hands on unmolested M16A1 uppers for their retro builds.  Double infuriating here since many 1033 recipients are tossing that upper into the corner while they make an M4 out of the 1033 gun.

Unrelated to guns, my county nabbed five surplus OH-58C from this program because Bell 206 parts are relatively available only to discover that there's significant differences between the OH-58 and 206 in many important parts.  They also found that the idea of cannibalizing parts might get them in trouble because they might not be able to readily restore the parts-birds to "as given" condition.

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