Rifle Build....Legal?

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  • CJB762

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    Jul 5, 2012
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    Rifle Build

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    rseymorejr

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    MDS Supporter
    Feb 28, 2011
    26,193
    Harford County
    I believe that once an upper has been built into a rifle it can't then be changed into a pistol. He needs to get an HBAR upper ASAP, then he can get a fresh lower and put that AR pistol together.
     

    CJB762

    Active Member
    Jul 5, 2012
    497
    So in order to finish as a pistol it would need a lower that is designated for a pistol? Once that's done all laws pertaining to pistols apply.
     

    dontpanic

    Ultimate Member
    Jul 7, 2013
    6,635
    Timonium
    First: Delete this post/thread.

    Second: Tell the guy to take that short barreled upper off and sell it.

    Third: Why people continually post possible illegal activity on a public forum read by trolls, lurkers, and alphabet agencies is beyond me.

    Do this
     

    Pinecone

    Ultimate Member
    MDS Supporter
    Feb 4, 2013
    28,175
    He either needs to remove the stock/buffer and replace with a pistol buffer or remove the upper. Yes

    No can do. Built into a rifle first, has to stay a rifle.

    He needs to either buy another lower and build as a pistol or sell the upper, QUICKLY.

    The fact he assembled it that way even once, is a Federal crime.

    He has made an unregistered NFA item. Same as a home made machine gun.
     

    Pinecone

    Ultimate Member
    MDS Supporter
    Feb 4, 2013
    28,175
    So in order to finish as a pistol it would need a lower that is designated for a pistol? Once that's done all laws pertaining to pistols apply.

    Lower can be pistol or other.

    But you can turn a pistol into a rifle. But you may NOT turn a rifle into a pistol, unless it started as a rifle.

    Pistol -> Rifle -> Pistol is legal
    Rifle -> Pistol is illegal.

    Anything to SBR without a tax stamp is illegal.
     

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