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Posted: 12/27/2009 10:02:03 PM EDT
| If an AK-74 was built on an American-made receiver, and built with Tapco parts and an imported kit... would it still be applicable under 922r? |
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So if I were to take an AK-74, and SBR it, it would no longer be under 922r? Correct. While we're at it, remember that the ATF considers the trunnion to be part of the receiver on imported AKs, so you can't swap that out. The steel shell and trunnion must stay together. BUT, only the steel shell is the receiver on US made weapons. This is important if you are, say, trying to change your imported 7.62 rifle to a 5.45 SBR krink. Clear as mud now? |
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There has been much debate on this issue over the years. The first opinion letters came out saying that once a rifle became an SBR it was no longer needed to meet 922r rules. Several years later another letter came out saying the opposite. This is just my opinion as far as trying to play it safe. 922r refers to semi-auto rifles in the wording. A SBR is still a semi-auto rifle, so if the ATF wants to press you, they probably could. |
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Quoted: If I ordered an SBR from one of the Smith Houses, in range of me, how would it come? With or without compliance parts? I believe that most are following the rule that 922r doesn't apply to SBRs. I don't keep up with every rifle and what parts they're using though. |
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Wen I was getting my Krink built I checked with numerous builders and they all told me the SBR built from the Krink kit did not have to comply with 922r, due to it being an NFA registered weapon. So, when I finally decided on a builder (InRange) it was built without being 922r compliant.
Man, this 922r thing really sucks! Don't even see the need for it, anymore; or ever. |
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If I ordered an SBR from one of the Smith Houses, in range of me, how would it come? With or without compliance parts? I believe that most are following the rule that 922r doesn't apply to SBRs. I don't keep up with every rifle and what parts they're using though. If a particular manufacturer has a letter from BATFE that says SBRs don't need compliance parts, they can continue to build without compliance parts until and unless BATFE sends them a new letter revoking the previous one and notifying them of BATFE's change in position. People who do not have a letter from BATFE addressed to them who wish to build an SBR should ask BATFE. Relying on a letter to someone else is dangerous. Those letters only bind BATFE in connection with the addressee. |
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