Pistol to rifle to pistol?

[Wilfully_Armed]

Have a question for someone intimately familiar with ATF regs aka BS.

I bought a rifle recently that's been pinned and welded. It came to me through an FFL transfer as a rifle. I called the manufacturer and they said it was originally distributed and sold as a pistol.

Can I undo the pinned fake suppressor, legally?

It's my understanding that if it started life out as a pistol it can be returned to that state.


TIA

 

[rumrunner55]

All depends and is so case by case it’s hard to answer the muddy water BS atf regs without more info and specifics

 

[Wilfully_Armed]

All depends and is so case by case it’s hard to answer the muddy water BS atf regs without more info and specifics

What specifics are you looking for?

 

[Burdy]

Have a question for someone intimately familiar with ATF regs aka BS.

I bought a rifle recently that's been pinned and welded. It came to me through an FFL transfer as a rifle. I called the manufacturer and they said it was originally distributed and sold as a pistol.

Can I undo the pinned fake suppressor, legally?

It's my understanding that if it started life out as a pistol it can be returned to that state.


TIA

Does it have a stock or a brace

 

[Wilfully_Armed]

Does it have a stock or a brace

Has an M4 buffer tube so I can use either

 

[Plinker66]

Think about buying a new barrel and selling the pinned one

 

[Wilfully_Armed]

Think about buying a new barrel and selling the pinned one

I'm not concerned about undoing the pin job, gonna have to anyway since there are no replacement barrels. Just concerned about the legality

 

[Plinker66]

Legally you would be dependent on what some employee told you over the phone…

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[Jambo]

I am not an Attorney!

The ATF seems to say you can, pursuant to ATF Ruling 2011-4:

ATF website


From the website:

Can I lawfully make a pistol into a rifle without registering that firearm?​

Assuming that the firearm was originally a pistol, the resulting firearm, with an attached shoulder stock, is not an NFA firearm if it has a barrel of 16 inches or more in length.
Pursuant to ATF Ruling 2011-4, such rifle may later be unassembled and again configured as a pistol. Such configuration would not be considered a “weapon made from a rifle” as defined by 26 U.S.C. § 5845(a)(4).
[26 U.S.C. § 5845, 27 CFR § 479.11]


Personally, I would make DARNED sure it was once a pistol. If it wasn't, it seems like it would then be a "weapon made from a rifle".

 

[edman99]

I would not do what you are wanting to do without some bona fide proof from the manufacturer that it was manufactured as a pistol.