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title: Destroying Items
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description: "Like any disposition, a licensee has 7 days (478.125(e)) to enter the disposition of destroyed items. ATF has provided clear instructions that the preferred method of destruction of a receiver or frame should be by cutting with a torch or blade in 3 places, melting in a furnace, or smashing (if it truly compacts the… Continue reading Destroying Items"
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Like any disposition, a licensee has 7 days (478.125(e)) to enter the disposition of destroyed items.  

ATF has provided clear instructions that the preferred method of destruction of a receiver or frame should be by cutting with a torch or blade in 3 places, melting in a furnace, or smashing (if it truly compacts the receiver or frame).

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/how-properly-destroy-firearms

When a firearm is destroyed, there is no provision in the statute, regulations, or rulings that requires a photograph to be taken of the destroyed firearm or for there to be witnesses. However, FFLGuard recommends taking pictures, having witnesses, and saving them.
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