On Mar 3, 2:21*pm, Tom Gardner wrote:
On 3/3/2013 12:20 AM, Stanley Schaefer wrote:

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They can't come back as complete guns, so current practice is to strip
them, scrap the lowers and barrels and import the rest. *Some kits for
sale had the auto sear and spring when they were first imported, those
were taken out with later kits. *You do NOT want them unless you like
10 year vacations. *Quality on those parts kits is the same as new
Colt-made parts of the same era. *Barrels can no longer be imported.

Stan

Why were the barrels scrapped? *Why can't barrels be imported?

Because they're "assault rifle" barrels. Could be imported until BATF
changed it's collective mind a few years back. Can be imported if
they're torched in two, though. If you see parts kits for sale with
barrels, they're either new US mfg. barrels or the kits came in prior
to the ruling.

Stan