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Pistol AR Questions.

dreher
I know there are some different regulations on the short barreled ARs. I want to know the easiest way to get a short barreled AR that if I would ever use it for self defense/home invasion I don't end up in trouble with the LEOs/Feds.


.223 or 9 MM?? I'm leaning towards the .223. I would think the .223 would be more reliable. Is it?? More pressure to cycle action was my thinking.


Any thoughts from anyone?? Knowledge is always a good thing!!
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  • grumpygy
    quote:Originally posted by shilowar
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    quote:Originally posted by shilowar
    quote:Originally posted by Mobuck
    "In my sales of receivers for home builds. The customer must state that they are building a pistol. That's the law here in PA state"

    That may be a state "requirement" but it's NOT correct. On the 4473, stripped lowers are "OTHER" and any other description is questionable.
    FWIW,
    I have P(pistol SN)marked lowers to match all the under 16" barreled uppers I own. I've faced over-eager BATFE agents and know how they think so I'm not leaving anything to chance.

    Exactly, a rifle lower only becomes a rifle lower when a rifle barreled action is attached, until then even a complete lower with rifle stock is still only a receiver under ATF regulations.


    Also if they have ever been used as a Pistol lower they cannot be converted to a rifle. I could be wrong on this but seem to remember reading about this.


    You have it backwards...a pistol lower can be used as a rifle lower, but a lower that is first used as a rifle lower, or leaves the manufacturer as a rifle can not be lawfully changed to a pistol.


    Thanks for clarifying that.
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