With the caveat that you cannot remove the brace and replace with a stock after traveling to that different state. Returning to to an SBR without having filed a 5320.20 would be illegal
Had to re-read post #20 a cpl times .
The hypothetical person could remove the brace out of state anywhere . At that point it would still be a pistol, just one without a brace . What they couldn't do is replace the brace with a stock .
Cool, thanks. I understand the pistol > rifle > pistol = okay thing. I just didn't know if anything changed when you want to do pistol > register to "make" it an SBR (which was what I understood as the controversy) > pistol. I know you can do SBR > Non SBR rifle configuration with no NFA travel issues > SBR too. It may not be necessary for BATFE to chime in on that and/or I may have just missed the section of the policy that covers that. Again not trying to muddy the waters for the OP, just trying to educate myself.
Cool, thanks. I understand the pistol > rifle > pistol = okay thing. I just didn't know if anything changed when you want to do pistol > register to "make" it an SBR (which was what I understood as the controversy) > pistol. I know you can do SBR > Non SBR rifle configuration with no NFA travel issues > SBR too. It may not be necessary for BATFE to chime in on that and/or I may have just missed the section of the policy that covers that. Again not trying to muddy the waters for the OP, just trying to educate myself.
From one perspective it makes things less confusing for me if I mentally replace AR15 pistol with a Glock 17. If one were to SBR that and then return it to it's original configuration, that would be a pistol.
Again, thank you for posting that.
Haha great way to sum it up.Basically, an SBR is an SBR until it isn't.
And if it's converted from SBR to non SBR within the state it was registered in, and than transported to a state where it is legal (in the non SBR format that it's now in)...you're OK. But it needs to stay that way until it comes back to the state where it's OK to be an SBR.
Clear as mud right?
Basically, make it a pistol first if you want to have some flexibility and be able to have some fun before you get the stamp. Down side is it'll cost a few hundred more on the front end due to buying a brace (most of which you could recoup after it becomes an SBR by selling the brace if you wanted to). I'm guessing if you're dropping the cash to get the stamp...cash isn't really a problem for you.