Steve,
I understand what you are saying, that the law is not that clear. If things change in the future I just want you to know you have a market here in NY.
It is interesting what you are saying about the receiver, because I may change the stock back, therefore it may not be legal? If that was true to their thinking a Ruger mini 14/30 should be illegal here too and really all semiauto mag. feed firearm receivers because almost any rifle can be reconfigured with a pistol grip and different stock.
To make my point I can make anything I want if I have a receiver, I have a Robinson Arms Vepr AK , I have just finished making a Woodstock for it with no pistol grip, so that I would not have to register it with the state, it looks good and works well. I may try posting pictures someday soon on the AK topic page to give others some ideas on what to do here in NY.
Steve, I also want to add a RRA LAR-47 to my buy list.
Thanks for keeping a ear open to us at RRA