sst4270
Member
Hello everyone,
I'm new to this forum and relatively new to gun ownership. Please pardon a brief introduction before the question.
I learned to shoot on a 22 plinker in the 70's by my dad who was a Vietnam Vet. Fired many firearms in the mean time. Purchased my first rifle last year, a 10/22. Heavily modified it and it is a dream to shoot. Fired my first AR back in April and was hooked. I had to have one so I purchased a complete lower (april 20) and it is sitting at the FFL in Glen Burnie probably until August. (Don't want to add fuel to that fire) Then I discovered 80% lowers. I have over 15 years of machining experience with manual mills, lathes, and CNC mills and I've built my own functioning CNC router... so the 80% lower will be relatively easy to complete. I've ordered a few. The first should arrive sometime in next couple of weeks.
This past weekend I was at Hawk Hill Custom in Virginia purchasing some accessories and told the salesman what I planned to build and he said something interesting to me. He stated that it was his understanding that if I built more than one (1) 80% lower that it would be considered manufacturing and I'd either have to have a firearms manufacturing license or I would need to serialize them AND get them transferred to my name through an FFL. I've read the ATF letters that have been posted regarding 80% lowers, and the text of the documents do not refer to a limit (unless I missed it).
So my question is this: Is there a limit legally on how many 80% lowers I can build strictly for my own personal use? I don't ever plan to sell them. I just want to build a few different configurations. 16", Pistol, maybe HBR...
My intent is to complete these builds prior to Oct 1 and meticulously document them.
If this is true then I'll simply sell the "paper weights" to someone else, but I'm hoping someone here can clear this up for me or direct me to someone who can.
Finally, if this is the wrong sub-forum for this post please direct me to the more appropriate place.
Regards,
Steve
Glen Burnie
I'm new to this forum and relatively new to gun ownership. Please pardon a brief introduction before the question.
I learned to shoot on a 22 plinker in the 70's by my dad who was a Vietnam Vet. Fired many firearms in the mean time. Purchased my first rifle last year, a 10/22. Heavily modified it and it is a dream to shoot. Fired my first AR back in April and was hooked. I had to have one so I purchased a complete lower (april 20) and it is sitting at the FFL in Glen Burnie probably until August. (Don't want to add fuel to that fire) Then I discovered 80% lowers. I have over 15 years of machining experience with manual mills, lathes, and CNC mills and I've built my own functioning CNC router... so the 80% lower will be relatively easy to complete. I've ordered a few. The first should arrive sometime in next couple of weeks.
This past weekend I was at Hawk Hill Custom in Virginia purchasing some accessories and told the salesman what I planned to build and he said something interesting to me. He stated that it was his understanding that if I built more than one (1) 80% lower that it would be considered manufacturing and I'd either have to have a firearms manufacturing license or I would need to serialize them AND get them transferred to my name through an FFL. I've read the ATF letters that have been posted regarding 80% lowers, and the text of the documents do not refer to a limit (unless I missed it).
So my question is this: Is there a limit legally on how many 80% lowers I can build strictly for my own personal use? I don't ever plan to sell them. I just want to build a few different configurations. 16", Pistol, maybe HBR...
My intent is to complete these builds prior to Oct 1 and meticulously document them.
If this is true then I'll simply sell the "paper weights" to someone else, but I'm hoping someone here can clear this up for me or direct me to someone who can.
Finally, if this is the wrong sub-forum for this post please direct me to the more appropriate place.
Regards,
Steve
Glen Burnie