Posted: 1/1/2009 12:09:06 PM EDT
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http://www.firearmsystems.net/mechtech.html
Hypothetically if one was to purchase a Mech-Tech Carbine conversion and put it on a pistol frame, am I correct in thinking that the pistol receiver can no longer be reassembled into a pistol without a short-barreled-rifle tax stamp? Once a rifle, always a rifle? |
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why not just call Mech Tech? .....
From their site Please check out the rest of the site and feel free to contact Mech-Tech for more information. Note: the CCU is not a firearm. Legal Alert: This product is for sale to California residents under limited conditions only. Although the product of itself is legal, the resulting combination with a pistol frame becomes illegal under California law. Please contact Mech-Tech for details relative to sales in CA. At this time we know of no other states where the combination is not legal but we caution everyone to become aware of relative state and local laws. i am sure govt would have shut them down already if it were illegal. i know this has been debated a few times, but dont feel like searching for it. |
| I don't think it's a debate really. Unless my memory fails me, I thought the same goes for AR lower receivers. You can make an AR pistol as long as that receiver has never been previously assembled into a rifle. You can turn an AR pistol into a rifle but cannot turn it back into a pistol again. Am I incorrect? Wouldn't the same go for 1911 and GLOCK frames? |
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Pistols can become rifles and then be reverted back to pistols. Rifles may not become pistols. See the Thompson Center case for proof. The ruling ONLY applied to THOMPSON CENTER. It does not apply to other pistols, again according to an ATF letter over at Glocktalk. |
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Pistols can become rifles and then be reverted back to pistols. Rifles may not become pistols. See the Thompson Center case for proof. The ruling ONLY applied to THOMPSON CENTER. It does not apply to other pistols, again according to an ATF letter over at Glocktalk. link to letter please. |
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Pistols can become rifles and then be reverted back to pistols. Rifles may not become pistols. See the Thompson Center case for proof. The ruling ONLY applied to THOMPSON CENTER. It does not apply to other pistols, again according to an ATF letter over at Glocktalk. link to letter please. You can go over to Glocktalk and find it........ |
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Food for thought,
Berretta Neos Are sold as pistols with rifle conversion kits. Comes with a 16" barrel and a stock. Well the Carbine Kits are no longer sold and I could find one to buy and was told a mixture of things. ok, so...i contacted beretta and heres what they told me. "Thank you for contacting Beretta Customer Support. Beretta has not discontinued the U22 Carbine Conversion Kit (Part JU22CK1). Beretta and the BATFE have not reached an agreement as to how to sell the U22 Carbine Kit as, under current Federal (and many State) Firearm Regulations, a pistol (such as the U22 NEOS) can not be converted into a rifle unless it is registered as a separate firearm. Under current BATFE Federal firearm regulations, an owner of a U22 NEOS would have to re-register the gun as a rifle. Under some State laws (such as California & New York), it would be considered an assault rifle (because of its 16" barrel length) and would not be able to be sold in those States. For these reasons among others, the Beretta U22 Carbine Conversion Kit is not currently available in the US at this time." |