Takedown Rifles (1990s)

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by Icelander

Second, they'd probably buy the action, including the receiver (in the US, the only part of the whole that is legally a 'firearm' and where the serial number is found), commercially. Good, reliable actions you can use to make accurate rifles are hard to make and it doesn't make sense for someone to spend a long time doing so if they can get the same thing from a factory.

In the 80s and even the 90s there were still plenty of old Mauser service rifles around, and their actions were very popular as the base for custom sporting and target rifles. They had a reputation for strength and stiffness (and thus accuracy). If anonymity is important, buying the rifles second hand at gun shows from private sellers would be legal in the US, and give you perfectly legal actions with the only records of them being some customs permit for import somewhere (and possibly not even that if it was a WWII souvenir or a bulk import back in the 50s or 60s).