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SAR 48 Information

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FB111 Kevin

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Greetings from South Florida,
I have a registered SAR 48 MG. Serial # SA4553.
The question is when and how many were imported?
I tried to email Springfield Armory with the question but, they said my email was spam.
Go figure.
Thanks in advance,
Kevin
 
Does MG mean machine gun?

If so...

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In 1986 federal legislation, called the Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA), prohibited the possession of “new” machine guns by citizens. This meant that only machine guns made prior to this date in 1986 were lawful to be possessed by citizens (this is still true). Of course, this prohibition did not apply to FFLs (certain gun dealers / manufacturers) nor law enforcement.

Also, all SAR-48 semi-autos were imported in the 80's, until President George H.W. Bush banned all imports of semi-automatic rifles in March 1989 and made the ban permanent in July 1989.

Lastly...

www.thearmorylife.com

Full-Auto FAL: The Select-Fire Springfield SAR-48 - The Armory Life

Fans of military small arms history likely know the storied history of the FAL 7.62mm design, and how it almost unseated the revered rifle we now know as the M14. But did you know that Springfield Armory used to sell its own version of this classic design in its SAR-48 series of rifles? First, a...
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It is a machine gun so it was imported from Imbel and registered prior to June 1986.
I'm interested in how many were imported and when.
 
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