Alverson, ('Alverson')of Nicholasville, Kentucky. The ATF obtained a listing of the purchasers of these items. The MKS M-14s, including the Defendant Property, were assembled by MKS from M-14 receivers that had been cut in half. In October of 2001, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms ('ATF') received information that MK Specialties ('MK'), a Federal Firearms Licensee, in Grafton, West Virginia, sold a number of firearms marketed as the MKS M-14 firearm ('M-14'). § 5872(a) in that the firearm in question was possessed in violation of 26 U.S.C. This is a civil action for the forfeiture of a firearm pursuant to 26 U.S.C. These matters are before the Court upon Claimant's motion to stay proceedings and upon Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. Attorney's Office, EDKY, Lexington, KY, for USA, Plaintiff. ONE TRW, MODEL M14, 7.62 CALIBER RIFLE Serial Number 1488973 from William K.