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2/18/2013 11:33:00 AM EDT
Please direct me if this is in the wrong spot

I am new to the AR family and was wondering... Is the AR Pistol the same as an AR15 but with a shorter barrel and no stock?  Does it use .223? I see some with 9mm and .22 ? Is this correct?  And why does it need tax stamps? Registered as pistols?

Thanks
2/18/2013 11:55:10 AM EDT
[#1]
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Please direct me if this is in the wrong spot   Right spot

I am new to the AR family and was wondering... Is the AR Pistol the same as an AR15 but with a shorter barrel and no stock?
Yes the same


 Does it use .223? I see some with 9mm and .22 ? Is this correct? Can use any caliber as a rifle

And why does it need tax stamps? It doesn't need a stamp

Registered as pistols? Not registered in free states

Thanks


2/18/2013 11:56:49 AM EDT
[#2]
Most AR pistols are 5.56/.223, but can be configured in other calibers also, just like AR rifle.

No tax stamp is required for an AR pistol, unless you want to make it into a Short Barreled Rifle by also adding a stock.

- OS
2/18/2013 12:13:32 PM EDT
[#3]
so if it has a stock, how short of a barrel can it be before needing a stamp?  and why does it need one?  thanks
2/18/2013 12:19:49 PM EDT
[#4]
16" for shoulder stock & no stamp.  Under 16" w/stock = SBR. SBR = Short Barreled Rifle, an NFA taxed item (the stamp).

Buffer tube w/out shoulder stock, no length requirements (as long as lower is legal for pistol construction...)

Making pistol from rifle is verboten. Legal pistol lower is one first constructed into a functional firearm w/out a having a shoulder stock (and not on a form 4473 as a rifle...).


Nick
(BTW 300blk makes for good pistol caliber).
2/18/2013 1:12:21 PM EDT
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so if it has a stock, how short of a barrel can it be before needing a stamp?  and why does it need one?  thanks


National Firearms Act of 1934.

- OS
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