I'm located in the United States. I've only been in this hobby for a few years so I don't have nearly as much experience as some of the rest of you do. I wanted to know what the deal is with the variety of Demil requirements for reloadable rocket launchers and how they have changed over the years.
As an example, I have noticed that many of the bazookas that were demilled back in the day appeared to only be required to have the hole larger than the bore cut in the high pressure area. Basically a lot of the older M20 Bazookas have this type of demil from what I've seen at shows. Now it appears that the ATF wants either plates or bars welded near the breach so that a round could not be chambered. An example of this is the recent importation of Spanish bazookas in 2010. I don't know if this is a legal requirement for all new demils or if this is just what the ATF is asking importers to do in order to get their stamp of approval.
My question comes back to what is actually legally required to make an item demil? I can't imagine that the ATF now considers the older demils to be illegal but I don't know. Does anyone know what the situation on older demil
standards vs newer ones? I understand that the ATF can basically ask someone to do pretty much whatever they want in order to get the import documents or demil documents approved but my question is more about existing items. I have also noticed that the ATF currently requires importers to weld a bar through the firing pin hole and across the tube of a RPG but I have seen older demils at shows where the firing pin hole had not been drilled out and it only had the bore diameter hole cut in the high-pressure area.
As an example, I have noticed that many of the bazookas that were demilled back in the day appeared to only be required to have the hole larger than the bore cut in the high pressure area. Basically a lot of the older M20 Bazookas have this type of demil from what I've seen at shows. Now it appears that the ATF wants either plates or bars welded near the breach so that a round could not be chambered. An example of this is the recent importation of Spanish bazookas in 2010. I don't know if this is a legal requirement for all new demils or if this is just what the ATF is asking importers to do in order to get their stamp of approval.
My question comes back to what is actually legally required to make an item demil? I can't imagine that the ATF now considers the older demils to be illegal but I don't know. Does anyone know what the situation on older demil
standards vs newer ones? I understand that the ATF can basically ask someone to do pretty much whatever they want in order to get the import documents or demil documents approved but my question is more about existing items. I have also noticed that the ATF currently requires importers to weld a bar through the firing pin hole and across the tube of a RPG but I have seen older demils at shows where the firing pin hole had not been drilled out and it only had the bore diameter hole cut in the high-pressure area.
