Posted: 11/17/2007 7:59:45 AM EDT
| Does anyone in town, Las Vegas or Henderson, carry AR-15 pistol receivers in stock? |
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As I understand it as long as the receiver is registered as a pistol, and you don't add a stock or vertical grip, you are good to go. The buffer tube "alone" is not considered a stock. If you add either you need to fill out a form 1 (all the steps)and register the weapon as SBR or AOW respectively. Thanks for the info, I will pay Citidel a visit, otherwise I will order one from Spike's and do a transfer.  |
| I don't know about if they are ignoring it or not, but I just recently bought a pistol lower and when my FFL asked what barrel length it was going to be, I said I wasn't sure so he put "multi" on my blue card under barrel length. I hope it's on the up and up, cause I bought it for a rainy day and it'll be a while before I get around to building it. |
That is what I have been told - show up with an upper on the lower and a pistol grip installed. A couple of guys who have done this have walked away with no problems. So wheres my little buddy who's gunna loan me his 7.5" upper....Ya I'm talking bout you.
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Just remember it takes a virgin receiver to become a pistol. If the receiver started off as a rifle it cannot be changed into a pistol per the BATFE. Once it is a pistol you can put a 16" upper on it and add a stock and still go back to a pistol but you cannot start with a rifle and make a pistol. Now, if you purchased a virgin receiver and then built a rifle out of it and didnt tell anyone there really is no way for the BATFE to know that that receiver didn't start out as a pistol. Not that I recommend doing such a thing. Charlie why do you need a pistol AR when you just got the SBR? |
who me.. ??? i got u covered bro.. u know where it is..  jon.. |
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I just want to clarify this issue for those of you who may be confused. I have gone this route a couple of times now, so I am pretty well versed. You must begin with a receiver that is either registered on the dealers books as a stripped lower or pistol lower. Carson Armory told me that Bushmaster told them that all BM lowers leave the factory booked as RIFLE lowers. That could make a difference. I used a STAG lower and had my dealer do the 4473 as a pistol lower. I also got a copy of the 4473 so I wouldn't have to backtrack later if it ever came up. Obviously, LV requires you to register it on a blue card. I am unfamiliar with that process, but you guys know what to do. Once you have it in pistol configuration, you can legally add a 16+" barrel and stock (remember it must have 16+" or it becomes an SBR). This is legal thanks to the efforts of the great folks at TC Contender to get a ruling on the subject. You CANNOT take a lower that has been been assembled and turn it into a pistol. Stupid, and it's the same thing as above, but it's the law. That should cover all of the bases. This post is intended to help my brothas who may be contemplating this, but didn't quite get the gist of what was discussed in here. |
Yeah that's it, I blame that little midget bastard. He wouldn't stand still 
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That would be 1337-G's nemesis. I will have to print him out and paste him to the steel next time out - motivational target if there ever was one.
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