05-12-2012, 01:46 AM
BjornF16 Wrote:Semantics...you can write the ATF and "de-register" your SBR (or SBS) and it will not be "regulated" any further (i.e. it ceases to exist as an SBR).
If you do - you are an idiot - as you or someone has paid $200 to register it. Why de-register - you don't get your $$ back. You can put an upper >16" on it and all is good (no paperwork required)- but the value of a registered rifle far exceeds a standard rife that has been "de-registered". Once the stamp is paid for - keep it and put any >16" upper on it and it is still worth nearly twice the price since someone can put a <16" upper on it and update the Form if transferred as a SBR! Or you can sell it as a std. rifle at normal price as long as the upper is >16". De-registering it is throwing $200 away, plain and simple.
BjornF16 Wrote:None of my lowers are marked as "pistol". I think that was a fad with all of the confusion about swapping back and forth. If you think about it, there is no way (legally) that the ATF would know if a lower was purchased as "pistol" or "rifle" (since they are banned from keeping records of gun purchases).
Bad advice - VERY BAD ADVICE - - Be careful who you listen to. A receiver is MANUFACTURED as a rifle or a pistol - nothing is required to be marked. You cannot have a rifle receiver and put a "pistol" upper and buffer on it and think your ass is clean. The receiver is listed by the manufacturer as a pistol, not what an internet jockey thinks it is. And there are no marking required. But the serial # is defined as a rifle or pistol. Just wait until something bad happens and a prosecuting attorney does his homework. Mandatory sentences are no joke. Ignorance is no excuse.
BjornF16 Wrote:Sorry for any confusion on your original posts...it appeared to me that you were saying that one cannot switch between pistol and rifle.
A pistol can be configured as a rifle, but not vice versa! When in doubt contact you local BATF field office. DO NOT take advice from an internet forum! Its your ass on the line. The penalties are SERIOUS! Please do your homework first!