06-07-2020, 03:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-07-2020, 03:40 PM by Kswhitetails.)
Question: If a lower is transferred to you as an "other" then what does the ATF care what it is at any time? It is always an "other" lower in whatever configuration they find it. They care a lot when a lower registered as a "rifle" when first transferred to the original owner is found in short configuration. Caviat: Do not put a rifle stock on a lower with a shorter than 16" OAL barrel, without paying the stamp and waiting on the approval. You may put a rifle length barreled upper on a pistol braced lower at any time without repercussion.
The ATF has no clue how you build your "other" lower - at any time you own it, unless you provide pictures and words in print to the contrary.
The only lower you may build to a shorter than rifle length pistol is one that was originally transferred to you as an "other". I don't know if there is an option to register a lower as a "pistol", I don't believe there is.
Rule: If a lower was originally transferred and registered as a "rifle" then it is always a rifle lower, period. If a lower was originally transferred as a "other" lower, then it can me bade (built) into any configuration the owner so desires, providing they can prove they are following the rules and standards they change at their whim.
Do not build a lower you buy privately as a pistol. Ever. Period. Buy a stripped lower or pistol built lower new at/from a licensed FFL, have it transferred to you as a new receiver as the original "owner", then carry on in any form you wish.
SBR = the dangerous step child. If you're going to put a rifle/carbine stock on the lower, and have a shorter than 16 OAL barrel, pay the stamp and wait.
The ATF has no clue how you build your "other" lower - at any time you own it, unless you provide pictures and words in print to the contrary.
The only lower you may build to a shorter than rifle length pistol is one that was originally transferred to you as an "other". I don't know if there is an option to register a lower as a "pistol", I don't believe there is.
Rule: If a lower was originally transferred and registered as a "rifle" then it is always a rifle lower, period. If a lower was originally transferred as a "other" lower, then it can me bade (built) into any configuration the owner so desires, providing they can prove they are following the rules and standards they change at their whim.
Do not build a lower you buy privately as a pistol. Ever. Period. Buy a stripped lower or pistol built lower new at/from a licensed FFL, have it transferred to you as a new receiver as the original "owner", then carry on in any form you wish.
SBR = the dangerous step child. If you're going to put a rifle/carbine stock on the lower, and have a shorter than 16 OAL barrel, pay the stamp and wait.
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