AFMER Form Changes

Firearms and Explosives Services Division
Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report (5300.11) Revision

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5. Consolidated section 5 and 6 address section from two lines to one line.
6. Shorten Section and included it with section 5’s line.
7a. Entered, “or, If Business has been Discontinued” to a separate line
7b. Changed “Final Report for the Period January 1, 2____ through __________,” to “Only if you have
discontinued business ______________, if no, skip to section 8.”
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Changed “Number of Firearms Produced, by Type, for the Period Covered by this Report” to state,
“Number of firearms produced and sold into commerce by types, for the calendar year above.”
Changed all items to plural for consistency
Added Short-Barreled Rifles, Short-Barreled Shotguns and Silencers
The wording in parenthesis, under “Any other Weapon” and “Miscellaneous Firearms” was taken out.

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Wording changed from “Number of Firearms, by types, for the Period Covered by this Report which
were Exported” to “Number of firearms produced and exported by types, for the calendar year above.”
Changed all items to plural for consistency
Added Short-Barreled Rifles, Short-Barreled Shotguns and Silencers
The wording in parenthesis, under “Any other Weapon” and “Miscellaneous Firearms” was taken out.

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(a) Regulation information was changed from “27 CFR 478.126” to “18 U.S.C. §923(g)(5)(A)”
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(e) Replaced Reporting options to Section 1(g) and added “Exportation” information.
(f) New, added information on “Commerce”
(g) Was section 1(e) of the old form also included email address

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(a) - Added the word “exported” to the first sentence at the end.
- Changed the word “will” to “must” in the second sentence.
- Added the third sentence that states “If the Manufacturer decides to sell the frames….”
(b) Pistol – definition was replaced to be consistent with the regulation book.
(c) Revolver - definition was replaced to be consistent with the regulation book.
(d) Rifle - definition was replaced to be consistent with the regulation book.
(e) Shotgun - definition was replaced to be consistent with the regulation book.
(f) Combination gun was replaced with Short-Barreled Rifle’s regulation definition.
(g) Machine Gun was pushed down to Section 2(H) and replaced with Short-Barreled Shotgun’s
regulation definition.
(h) Any Other Weapon was pushed down to Section 2(i) and replaced with Machine Gun’s regulation
definition.
(i) Miscellaneous Firearms was pushed down to Section 2(k) and replaced with Any Other Weapon’s
regulation definition.
(j) Silencers regulation definition was added
(k) Miscellaneous Firearms first sentence was change to eliminate the word “defined” to “included” and
replaced “pen guns, starter guns, silencers” with “frames or receivers.”

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