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No, that was a part of the posturing for politics' sake.
They stopped the commercial sales and importation (not private sales) of imported military surplus steel core (metal piercing ammo), and (at that time I was collecting class III still) tripled the value of the better factory magazines I was using for the select-fire weapons I had.
They increased the price while decreasing the availability of imported military surplus parts kits, as well.
Other than that, most other weapons pretty much got grandfathered, provided a person could provide proof of date of acquisition. Which few persons to NONE that I personally heard of ever got questioned about.
Just as the May 19, 1986 law didn't stop the trade in class III select fire weaponry; it simply put a stop-date on NEW production in that market, leading to a brief period when everyone and their brother was cranking out sub-grade muffler tubes with templates for Stens and other class III firearms.
As though what government says and does has much affect on free-thinking persons anywhere, any how. As evidenced by the number of persons attending a site like this.... where discussing the cultivation of a plant the feds regard as a schedule 1 substance is conducted every minute of every day..
I can remember buying SA surp brown tubs for chump change for playing at the range. Hertinberger made some of the finest surp 308 for practice and plinking.