coloradokevin
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Okay, so I'm just looking to clear up a few things that I'm pretty sure I have correct with the laws (and figured some of you might know). I'm thinking of building an AR-15 from the ground up using a stripped lower receiver. My ultimate goal is to pay the tax stamp and register this gun as a short barreled rifle in .300 Blackout, but obviously there is a waiting period to do all of this. As such, I don't want to get in any legal hot water with the ATF while waiting for things to clear on their end.
What I'd like to do is as follows:
1) Buy the receiver and the short upper that will later be used in the finished short barreled rifle.
2) Build the AR-15 as a pistol first, and ensure that everything works like I want it to. I'll probably use a pistol buffer tube at this time just to make sure there are no illusions of this being an illegal SBR.
3) Send off the Form 1 and check for the tax stamp to make this into an SBR. Get the engraving done on the receiver.
4) Get my tax stamp, then add a carbine buffer tube and stock to the existing AR-15 "pistol", which will then become a legal SBR.
Here's how I understand the law with respect to AR-15 pistols (generally):
You are allowed to build a new (i.e. "never been a rifle") receiver into either a pistol or a rifle from the start. If you build a pistol from the start you can later change to a rifle configuration, and then go back to a pistol configuration. But, if you build a rifle from the start you are always stuck with a rifle configuration. And, obviously I understand the 16" barrel requirement on the rifle build until a stamp clears for the shorter length.
Does all of this sound correct?
NOTE: I've been through the process on NFA items before, but I've never done the AR-15 build to short barreled rifle process.
What I'd like to do is as follows:
1) Buy the receiver and the short upper that will later be used in the finished short barreled rifle.
2) Build the AR-15 as a pistol first, and ensure that everything works like I want it to. I'll probably use a pistol buffer tube at this time just to make sure there are no illusions of this being an illegal SBR.
3) Send off the Form 1 and check for the tax stamp to make this into an SBR. Get the engraving done on the receiver.
4) Get my tax stamp, then add a carbine buffer tube and stock to the existing AR-15 "pistol", which will then become a legal SBR.
Here's how I understand the law with respect to AR-15 pistols (generally):
You are allowed to build a new (i.e. "never been a rifle") receiver into either a pistol or a rifle from the start. If you build a pistol from the start you can later change to a rifle configuration, and then go back to a pistol configuration. But, if you build a rifle from the start you are always stuck with a rifle configuration. And, obviously I understand the 16" barrel requirement on the rifle build until a stamp clears for the shorter length.
Does all of this sound correct?
NOTE: I've been through the process on NFA items before, but I've never done the AR-15 build to short barreled rifle process.