Pistol to rifle to pistol. BATFE Ruling 2011-4

[spencer60]

No Sir. You are incorrect. It transfers as other. It even says "receivers" next to others.

Scroll down and read the instructions for filling out block 18.

I didn't read the whole thread but a virgin receiver does transfer as other. It doesn't become a pistol or rifle until it is assembled into something. Receivers also don't count as firearms if they are never assembled when paying excise taxes either. As a manufacturer we are required to pay an excise tax if we manufacture 50 firearms in a year. Bare receivers don't count towards that as they are "other".

Ahh, that actually makes sense... not something I'm used to seeing on an ATF form.

 

[BangBang]

It transfers as "other"

I've had several FFLs tell me ^^^THIS^^^

 

[Cavemanjoe]

I'm unfamiliar with the law, but does this mean you can buy an ar pistol and put a stock on it and it's still legal? Or do you have to have it in either full pistol or rifle configuration?

 

[righter13]

I'm unfamiliar with the law, but does this mean you can buy an ar pistol and put a stock on it and it's still legal? Or do you have to have it in either full pistol or rifle configuration?

If it has a stock it must have a 16inch barrel.

You can make a pistol a rifle and back to a pistol.

If it starts as a rifle it can't become a pistol.

 

[chopper duke]

Also, you can make either an SBR, but that's another thread.

 

[Cavemanjoe]

If it has a stock it must have a 16inch barrel.

You can make a pistol a rifle and back to a pistol.

If it starts as a rifle it can't become a pistol.

That's what I figured, but the wording had me hopeful. I saw a video a while back of this guy in Canada who was out squirrel hunting with a legal (in Canada) 13" factory short barrelled .22 rifle and it looked nice.