AR-15 lower question

[Chilly willy]

All lowers are listed as "other' on the 4473. Unless it has been completed as a rifle then it is not a rifle or a pistol. Just a receiver. Take the buttstock off, put on a brace and finish your pistol.

So...its as simple as taking of the butt stock and makeing sure my FFL checks the other box?

 

[CTS Tactical]

That’s what I was thinking originally! but why has everyone else chimed in stating it’s a rifle lower?old Rumor? Hearsay? Is it up to the my local gun shop to decide which box to check(other or rifle) or is it decided from the factory?

Internet nonsense mostly. People chiming in with something they read. The law is fairly clear on it.

 

[CTS Tactical]

So...its as simple as taking of the butt stock and makeing sure my FFL checks the other box?

Yes, and if you are concerned just ask them to show you how they marked it.

 

[Alaskan]

If a receiver comes in new from the manufacturer or distributor with a buttstock on it, it is still just a receiver/other. It is not a rifle or a pistol and it is not listed as such on a 4473. It is not a rifle or a pistol till an upper is installed regardless of what furniture came on it from the manufacturer.

So...its as simple as taking of the butt stock and makeing sure my FFL checks the other box?

 

[Chilly willy]

Internet nonsense mostly. People chiming in with something they read. The law is fairly clear on it.

Thanks for clearing that up!

 

[MarineEngineer]

If a receiver comes in new from the manufacturer or distributor with a buttstock on it, it is still just a receiver/other. It is not a rifle or a pistol and it is not listed as such on a 4473. It is not a rifle or a pistol till an upper is installed regardless of what furniture came on it from the manufacturer.

Thanks for the clarification sir I appreciate it

 

[Chilly willy]

all of that back and forth.... aaand my lower is outta stock

 

[lostchild]

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[rockyfatcat]

all of that back and forth.... aaand my lower is outta stock

Get an 80% lower and you become the manufacturer. No serial number. No record. You cant sell it either.

 

[Radar363]

Get an 80% lower and you become the manufacturer. No serial number. No record. You cant sell it either.

Was that ruling changed?
I understood that you could sell a completed 80% lower as long as you didn't finish it with the intent to sell.