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Stripped lower question Pistol or Rifle?
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If the reciever was purchased as a "reciever" or "other" it makes no matter if you build it as a pistol or a rifle. If the reciever was transfered as a "pistol" or "rifle" it will make a matter and should be built as such. Anymore recievers are normally transfered as "other" so you have a choice, this makes it illegal for anyone under 18 to buy a bare lower now also.
shootersix
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- Mar 10, 2009
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a stripped lower is a "other firearm" a dealer cant state rifle or pistol, because it's neither, it is unfireable9but it is a firearm)
an assembeled lower made with a rifle stock, is a rifle, therefore can be sold as a rifle, and to out of state residents or 18 years or over
an assembeled lower with a pistol buffer on it is a pistol, and can only be sold to instate residents or over 21
per the 4473 question 18(the dealer fill this part out)
https://www.atf.gov/files/forms/download/atf-f-4473-1.pdf
if you scroll down and read page 5 it will tell you that a dealey has to mark other and cannot sell a striped lower to anyone under 21
VUPDblue
Silencers Have NEVER Been Illegal !
The lowers you have (if they're the ones I'm thinking of) were transferred as "receiver" and can be built into rifle or pistol. I believe that is the only proper way to transfer a stripped lower these days.
This is correct. Stripped lowers have the box "other" checked by the dealer and then "receiver" is written after the serial Number on the 4473 by the dealer.
So, if you have a stripped lower receiver and you put a sig brace on it or whatever the handgun AR stock is.... that's all you have to do? Then you can buy a <16" barreled upper and you are good? I wanted to do that at one time, but thought there was more to it than that?
Short answer, yes, thats ok. BUT you have to be careful that you dont have extra, unmated pistol uppers just hanging out along with an unmated rifle (with Buttstock) lower -- that can be constructive intent. (Correct my terminology if I'm wrong )
So, the safest way js to have a dedicated pistol lower + upper (and perhaps even multiple pistol uppers), and have a dedicated rifle lower + rifle upper (or more than one rifle upper)
In other words, don't have a rifle lower (w/ buttstock) with a mix of rifle and pistol uppers.
i hope that makes sense
I had a couple of my receivers transferred as handguns, because they can be handguns and then made into rifles, not not from rifle to handgun. also you can only buy 1 handgun every so many days (I want to say 5 days), if you buy more than that the gun shop has to notify the ATF and all kinds of other crap. I just wanted to be completely safe and any paperwork that exists with these guns it is handgun. And not rifle. Does this really matter? Not really, especially when all the paperwork gets destroyed after being held for a few years. But I wanted to cover all the bases. I don't want jail time.
