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December 6th, 2018, 07:56 PM #31
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December 6th, 2018, 09:20 PM #32Junior Member
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December 6th, 2018, 10:46 PM #33Senior Member
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Re: Please help me understand the status of my stripped lower receivers.
Non-virgin receivers depend on how they were built - but for safety sake I'd assume non-virgin = rifle from factory, therefore an SBR if built into "pistol" configuration.
Virgin receiver = "other", so those would be safe for a pistol build, that then later gets converted to a +16" rifle with buttstock.
Just don't build it as a rifle first, and then swap parts to make it a pistol, and don't put your pistol upper on your stocked lower without a tax stamp.
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December 6th, 2018, 11:23 PM #34
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December 7th, 2018, 05:58 AM #35
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December 7th, 2018, 06:58 AM #36Grand Member
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Re: Please help me understand the status of my stripped lower receivers.
I'm speculating here, but it sounds like he is planning a pistol build, but wants to use the stripped receiver, probably because it is cheaper than the virgin. So he wants to have the receiver documented as a pistol in an attempt to validate using it for a pistol build, which is likely not kosher anyway, since the odds are good that the stripped receiver was originally a rifle.
He should probably just spend the extra $30.
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December 7th, 2018, 09:02 PM #37Junior Member
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Re: Please help me understand the status of my stripped lower receivers.
This is basically what I'm worried about. The impitus for my question came from a conversation I had with a gun store manager. When I mentioned buying a pistol lower to build a pistol AR he said "we don't transfer lowers with any designation in PA" implying that it didnt matter what the lower was originally if it was being transfered from out of state to a new owner. My question then was "if the lower was original made at a factory as a rifle then what?" He again said that in PA they just transfer the lower. There is no desgnation as to what it is.
Is there a Federal record or if it is stripped and sold does it just become an "other" in PA? I came away thinking that is what he was tyring to say but he wasnt very convincing. Hence why I am asking here.
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December 7th, 2018, 09:12 PM #38Grand Member
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Re: Please help me understand the status of my stripped lower receivers.
On his end, both stripped and virgin lowers are transferred as other. For his purposes, the history of the receiver does not matter.
On your end, wanting to build a pistol, it matters if it was originally a rifle, and there is documentation from the original manufacturer regarding this. The ATF either has or can access this information. Similar to the trace they run when a firearm is found at a crime scene.
I am not a lawyer, and have been incorrect once before.
Buy the virgin lower.Last edited by marinville; December 7th, 2018 at 09:15 PM.
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