Bought a Lower today...what about a complete rifle?

[emsjeep]

I went browsing today and walked out with a new stripped DPMS lower just because. Being a communist state resident seeking refuge in PA I'm not sure if I can buy a complete rifle here. The store went deathly quiet when one guy at the store went to ask someone else if I was OK to buy the lower, it was funny, like I had accidentally responded "yes" to the "Are you a fugitive from justice" question on the transfer form, lol.
Anyway, I was OK for the lower as lowers are not illegal in NY in and of themselves, nor are AR-15's. If it came down to it I could buy the damn thing in pieces but I was wondering what your takes were on this regulation.
Thanks.

[moose]

ems - I just got done my build here in NJ. Just make sure you follow all the restrictions and you should be fine. I ordered a Del-Ton kit and lower receiver and love the way it turned out. I'm sure NJ and NY are similar in their restrictions, the only thing I had to go out of my way to do was to dremel off my bayonet lug.....and that wasn't too bad, it turned out very well. Good luck!

[emsjeep]

I want to buy a complete "No Ban" gun to keep in PA, even though I am a NY resident.

[hipowr]

Hey EMS, now that you have your lower you can build it any way you want as long as you don't take the complete rifle to NY where it would be illegal. My buddy that was with me when we met stores a couple non-NJ compliant rifles at my place so you're good to go as long as you have a safe place to leave the no-ban rifle. The other option is to put a NY legal upper on it and take it to NY that way so you have something to shoot there and keep a no ban upper in PA to use when you can.

You'll be happy to know I took the cash from the Pre Ban you bought and picked up another AR after the election real fast. I couldn't bear to see my AR count go down after that election! Make sure you post pics of your Pre Ban when its done!

later,
AJ

[emsjeep]

Originally Posted by hipowr

Hey EMS, now that you have your lower you can build it any way you want as long as you don't take the complete rifle to NY where it would be illegal. My buddy that was with me when we met stores a couple non-NJ compliant rifles at my place so you're good to go as long as you have a safe place to leave the no-ban rifle. The other option is to put a NY legal upper on it and take it to NY that way so you have something to shoot there and keep a no ban upper in PA to use when you can.

You'll be happy to know I took the cash from the Pre Ban you bought and picked up another AR after the election real fast. I couldn't bear to see my AR count go down after that election! Make sure you post pics of your Pre Ban when its done!

later,
AJ

Glad to hear it went to a good cause. My upper is on backorder for another month, so I'm looking at some other stuff in the meantime. It looks like anything not NY compliant will have to be bought in pieces. Oh well, more fun for me.

[hipowr]

Originally Posted by emsjeep

Glad to hear it went to a good cause. My upper is on backorder for another month, so I'm looking at some other stuff in the meantime. It looks like anything not NY compliant will have to be bought in pieces. Oh well, more fun for me.

Yes, as I learned with my buddy from NJ, that is exactly the fast and easy way around the problem. Buy in pieces and build whatever you want, just don't cross the wrong state line with the wrong item .

later,
AJ

[indianjack]

Originally Posted by hipowr

just don't cross the wrong state line with the wrong item
AJ

That's what I liked about living in Texas, was really hard to cross any state line, let alone the wrong one. (-: