That may have been covered but my search isn't working. I built one and decided striker fired isn't for me. Can it be sold complete or is it better to sell the parts and destroy the completed frame?
From my novice understanding, in order to sell it you need to:
1. Have not manufactured it with the intention of selling it.
2. Have it engraved with a serial number
3. Sell it to an individual legally permitted to purchase and own a handgun.
DISCLAIMER: I am not an attorney and I would advise you to contact an attorney to get an official legal opinion before proceeding.
As has been stated, you can absolutely sell it, as long as it is marked with a serial number.
All the other stuff is around your intent when you made it. If you made it for personal use (as you stated) and decided to later sell it, that's fine. You cannot make it with the intent to sell it, that's the only part you have to worry about (and this is no different from buying a normally manufactured gun and re-selling it down the line).
If it were me I'd keep it after all you put the time and effort to build it.
Even though you don't like striker fired guns it is something you made.
All this said assuming you don't really need the money.
Unless you just really need the money (unlikely, since you are talking about just destroying the frame), just throw it in the back of the safe for a rainy day. I thought the entire point of an 80% build was to have a firearm "off the books," so to speak. I'm guessing it takes Glock mags? If so, it's worth keeping just for the fact that it takes one of the most common pistol magazines in the world. Even if you don't like striker fired guns.
Heck, I don't even like Glocks, and I own 4 of them.
Resurrecting this old thread to point out that this is 100% wrong.To sell any gun you made you must be a gun manufacturer with all the permits and etc. I wouldn't sell an 80% turned into a full gun as you don't have the paperwork or permits. Odds are you won't see anything from it but to me just not worth it. You could lose everything and do jell time. The GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1968 will cover most of why you can't sell it.
You didn't state whether you built the firearm with a purchased Frame with a serial number.That may have been covered but my search isn't working. I built one and decided striker fired isn't for me. Can it be sold complete or is it better to sell the parts and destroy the completed frame?
This is incorrect. P80 home builds can absolutely be sold.However if you built the receiver from a blank without a serial number and you made it operable (by drilling / modifying /, it is homemade and should not be sold complete. I believe as long as the firearm has a factory serial number it is not considered as a homemade firearm.