https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/hypothetical.873511/
In this thread the OP has an complete AR with a 20" barrel. He has purchased a 10.5" upper. He wants to know if this is legal.
I state once a rifle, always a rifle. I can't legally take my Colt LE6920 and slap a 10.5" lower on it, without paying the King his tithe, because then I would be creating a Short Barreled Rifle. If the Colt is the ONLY AR lower I have then possession of the 10.5" upper could be Constructive Possession.
I know about the TC decision. That's different than what we're talking about, and yes, I've read the links. so that the pistol and carbine kit, when packaged together, were not considered a “short-barreled rifle” for purposes of the NFA. When you buy an AR lower it doesn't come with the barrels.
IF you purchase an AR carbine/rifle, you have to jump through the hoops to legally put a short barreled receiver on it. In this case, once a rifle, always a rifle. You can make a short barreled rifle out of it but you can't make a pistol out of it.
I know when purchasing an bare AR receiver, in the free states, it's not classified as either a rifle or pistol. But if you first assemble it as a RIFLE it will ALWAYS be a rifle.
With a bare AR lower you can go pistol-rifle-pistol all day long. But you can't go rifle-pistol.
In this thread the OP has an complete AR with a 20" barrel. He has purchased a 10.5" upper. He wants to know if this is legal.
I state once a rifle, always a rifle. I can't legally take my Colt LE6920 and slap a 10.5" lower on it, without paying the King his tithe, because then I would be creating a Short Barreled Rifle. If the Colt is the ONLY AR lower I have then possession of the 10.5" upper could be Constructive Possession.
I know about the TC decision. That's different than what we're talking about, and yes, I've read the links. so that the pistol and carbine kit, when packaged together, were not considered a “short-barreled rifle” for purposes of the NFA. When you buy an AR lower it doesn't come with the barrels.
IF you purchase an AR carbine/rifle, you have to jump through the hoops to legally put a short barreled receiver on it. In this case, once a rifle, always a rifle. You can make a short barreled rifle out of it but you can't make a pistol out of it.
I know when purchasing an bare AR receiver, in the free states, it's not classified as either a rifle or pistol. But if you first assemble it as a RIFLE it will ALWAYS be a rifle.
With a bare AR lower you can go pistol-rifle-pistol all day long. But you can't go rifle-pistol.