Lower question

quad · Mar 19, 2020

I bought a stripped lower awhile back. 7 day wait....etc. I first built it into a pistol, tore it down and it’s been a. 450 bushmaster rifle since. Am I legally allowed to sell that without going thru the process of a regulated firearm? Assuming the buyer is legal to own it, can I do a private sale? Thanks.

Doobie · Mar 19, 2020

Just curious as to why every Maryland FFL I’ve been to registers AR lowers as pistols and makes Marylanders wait 7 days. What if someone is building it into a rifle and never a pistol?
Is there law or statute that states this must be done?

rbird7282 · Mar 19, 2020

They don’t register them as pistols. A stripped AR15 lower is almost always sold as Other, that way it can be built into a pistol or rifle.

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LimaVictor · Mar 19, 2020

rbird7282 said:
They don’t register them as pistols. A stripped AR15 lower is almost always sold as Other, that way it can be built into a pistol or rifle.

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Correct answer. On the form 4473, we even write "MULTI" in the caliber field.

SkiPatrolDude · Mar 19, 2020

See my thread here that addresses this specifically.

https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=242884

Doobie · Mar 19, 2020

rbird7282 said:
They don’t register them as pistols. A stripped AR15 lower is almost always sold as Other, that way it can be built into a pistol or rifle.

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Thank you for the clarification. So with one of these lowers sold/registered as other, can it be a pistol one day, a rifle the next, and then back to a pistol? Or once it’s a rifle does it have to stay a rifle forever? I was asked this question and I don’t know the correct, legal answer.
Thank you

rseymorejr · Mar 19, 2020

Doobie said:
Thank you for the clarification. So with one of these lowers sold/registered as other, can it be a pistol one day, a rifle the next, and then back to a pistol? Or once it’s a rifle does it have to stay a rifle forever? I was asked this question and I don’t know the correct, legal answer.
Thank you

I believe that if it's built into a pistol first you can go back and forth between pistol and rifle at will but if it's made a rifle first it can never be made into a pistol

rbird7282 · Mar 19, 2020

rseymorejr said:
I believe that if it's built into a pistol first you can go back and forth between pistol and rifle at will but if it's made a rifle first it can never be made into a pistol

This is correct

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sxs · Mar 19, 2020

One more issue:. It is not a regulated firearm under Md law because it can be built legally into a pistol. It is regulated because it could be built into a banned AR15 configuration. MSP would have no easy way to know if it is a post Oct 2013 purchase with restrictions on configuration without registering the lower. Dedicated 9mm lowers, or 45, 10mm 308 or other calibers incompatible with an AR15 build are not only treated as others on a Federal 4473, but need not be placed on a 77R.

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