Pistol brace questions

[Alpha5717]

So, my understanding is that a person can own a braced pistol, but if they put a stock on it, they have to get prior approval to have an SBR.

If a person can own a pistol, they can get approval to make it into a defined short barreled rifle.




Does that mean the brace could be taken off and a regular carbine stock used?

Once you have approval you can make a short barreled rifle.


Does an SBR use the same buffer tube, spring and buffer as the braced pistol?

Depends on the platform and manufacturer.


Furthermore, if you take the upper off and shoot a 16" upper on it, can you then legally put your SBR upper back on or does the SBR become a carbine at that point?

Changing uppers changes title 1 firearms, not nfa items.


Idle curiousity is all.

Hundreds of videos on YouTube and even some by attorneys with law degrees. A braced pistol is still an SBR in the eyes of the ATF. While they can't prosecute, they can still charge you with possession of an unregistered nfa weapon and take it and you. That charge is enough to get future nfa applications hung up and even 4473s denied as "open."

Thousands of videos if you want to invest the time or just as people that own and shoot the same thing at the range. Yeah, if I were seriously investing in the issue, I'd just research it.

 

[lostchild]

Obviously, the correct answer is, "it's like this....but, if you turn it around, it's like that".