AR-7 Rifle to Pistol Conversion?

[Boba Debt]

I want an AR-7 Pistol. Don't ask why, I'm just crazy.

I have seen the Charter Arms Explorer II which is pretty much a pistol version of the Rifle, but it is significantly different where the grip attaches to the receive and the rear sight is totally differentr, so I do not want to use one of them.

Charter Arms no longer makes either gun.

BUT

Could I buy a rifle and send the receiver back to Charter Arms to have it reassigned as a pistol receiver.

Perhaps they could add another number to the existing serial number????

 

[Quiet]

BUT

Could I buy a rifle and send the receiver back to Charter Arms to have it reassigned as a pistol receiver.

Perhaps they could add another number to the existing serial number????

No.
Because the Charter Arms that made the AR7, is not the Charter Arms that is currently in business.

What you can do is submit a Form 1 to the BATFE, in order to make your AR7 rifle into a SBR. That way, after you get your $200 tax stamp, you can legally modify your AR7 rifle into a pistol.

The reciever on the Charter Arms Explorer II pistol is different that that of the AR7 rifle, so that it could not accept rifle parts. This was done to ensure people did not illegal manufacture SBRs.


AR-7 manufacturers
1959-1973 = ArmaLite
1973-1990 = Charter Arms
1990-1997 = Survival Arms
1997-Present = Henry Arms

 

[kayak-man]

You could try calling Henry Repeating arms, and sking if you can buy a reciever - no barrel or stock. My understanding of the law is that if the reciever never had the stock on it, and you put a pistol grip on it, it is now a pistol AOW(any other weapon) and does not require the $200 tax stamp, just a $5 tax stamp. I beleive thats how Serbu Arms does the Super Shorty.

I have no idea if HRA would acomodate you, and I'm not 100% sure as to the legality of it. I'm sure someone will be along within the hour to contradict me...

Chris "the Kayak-Man" Johnson

 

[Quiet]

You could try calling Henry Repeating arms, and sking if you can buy a reciever - no barrel or stock. My understanding of the law is that if the reciever never had the stock on it, and you put a pistol grip on it, it is now a pistol AOW(any other weapon) and does not require the $200 tax stamp, just a $5 tax stamp. I beleive thats how Serbu Arms does the Super Shorty.

I have no idea if HRA would acomodate you, and I'm not 100% sure as to the legality of it. I'm sure someone will be along within the hour to contradict me...

There are three general types of Title 1 firearms.
Handguns, Long Guns and Other.

A reciever is an Other.
A person can legally take a virgin* reciever and make it into either a long gun or a handgun.
*virgin meaning it has never been used to make another type of firearm.

An AOW is a type of Title 2 firearm that is regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934.
It requires a $200 tax stamp to make an AOW and a $5 tax stamp to transfer an AOW.

Generally, large manufacturers do not like to sell recievers unless they do it in bulk (orders of 100+).
That's how Serbu Arms acquires virgin Mossberg & Remington recievers to make AOWs.