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I have an AR pistol receiver waiting for me at an FFL. I was going to pick up and then submit paperwork to turn it into an SBR. Am I better off registering it initially as an SBR receiver?
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I have an AR pistol receiver waiting for me at an FFL. I was going to pick up and then submit paperwork to turn it into an SBR. Am I better off registering it initially as an SBR receiver?
Actually, AR receivers can be invoiced and sold as a pistol receiver (same with something like a Remington 700 receiver), so long as it was never registered as a rifle receiver. This one waiting for me was invoiced to the dealer as a pistol receiver, and will be papered as such when I pick it up. I just wasn't sure if papering from the beginning as an SBR would make more sense.
Here's my understanding of the law:
Lower receivers are just receivers when purchased. If you build it into a pistol, it remains a pistol until you attach a stock- at which point it becomes a rifle. When you build it into a rifle, cannot be converted back into a pistol. Once NFA paperwork is approved, you can convert it to a SBR.
Receiver built into a pistol, then converted to a rifle, can be converted back into a pistol. Receiver built into a rifle can never be a pistol, but it could resemble one by being registered as an SBR.
That's where it gets confusing. If the paperwork for selling the receiver doesn't indicate pistol or rifle, how does anyone know that it was built into a rifle in the first place? Or are you saying it really only applies if someone builds it into a rifle, and then sells it and papers it as a rifle?
As they should be here as well. It is so much more fun to be able to safely shoot a suppressed firearm without the need for earplugs...... And suppressors are non-regulated in some European countries.
That's where it gets confusing. If the paperwork for selling the receiver doesn't indicate pistol or rifle, how does anyone know that it was built into a rifle in the first place? Or are you saying it really only applies if someone builds it into a rifle, and then sells it and papers it as a rifle?
The problem with trying to figure out the crazy laws and following them is the ATF boys don't! I don't know what their attitude is now but awhile ago it was that if you had ANY component from a full auto in your semi then it was considered a full auto! Crazy but true.
The feds were saying this in relationship to AR's. They were saying that the trigger, safety, bolt, etc were different and you were not allowed to use any auto component in a semi-auto because they then considered the semi an auto even though we all know that you need a combination of parts to make it happen. I know it's crazy, but we are talking about the feds here! This was going on about five years ago,I haven't heard lately if they are still on this kick or not. Here's some info that may clarify this....Then all guns would be illegal............ Semi autos share the majority of parts with FA guns.