Just thought I would post some information on those who wish to build a "hero" blaster using an original Enfield MK2 in the United States. In a nutshell: don't. While there are some very minor loop holes, if you cut down a working rifle into a pistol, you have manufactured, by BATF standards, an NFA weapon. This CAN be done, but requires you to register it as an NFA weapon and pay a $200 tax and file some pretty extensive paperwork. I know this because I am a former manufacturer of NFA weapons (machine-guns, etc). It doesn't matter if the gun is not functional. The ONLY, and I repeat ONLY way to render a firearm into something "not a firearm" is to torch-cut the receiver itself into 3 pieces. Lead in the barrel, welding the action shut, removing the firing pin - while these actions render a gun safe, it does not render it, legally, into something "not" a gun.
Will BATF come after you? Not likely. Will anybody ever know? Probably not. But just want my Star Wars people to be aware that this "build" is a no-no, and you should stay away from it. The ONLY exception is perhaps, if you vet-acquire an Enfield in your own state, that was never "imported for sale" into the US, and do the build yourself, and do not ever take it out of your state. In this case,"interstate commerce" does not apply, and then, likely (but not definitely) you will be fine.
Will BATF come after you? Not likely. Will anybody ever know? Probably not. But just want my Star Wars people to be aware that this "build" is a no-no, and you should stay away from it. The ONLY exception is perhaps, if you vet-acquire an Enfield in your own state, that was never "imported for sale" into the US, and do the build yourself, and do not ever take it out of your state. In this case,"interstate commerce" does not apply, and then, likely (but not definitely) you will be fine.
