"The rifles, when available from ODS ship the upper and lower separately. You are free to turn any of them into a pistol.
Rick"
BooneGA/Rick-
My understanding of 556/223 pistols is it has to be a pistol when it is built by the manufacture, not a carbine/rifle that I turn into a pistol later. If I'm wrong on that please school me as I've got a few things I would change in my current inventory.
Thanks,
Mike
That is partially correct. Stripped receivers that are not assembled into any configuration by the manufacture should be transferred as an "Other Firearm" as defined in Section B, Question 16 of the ATF Form 4473. There is no need for the manufacturer to make it a pistol before you do.
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Type of Firearm(s): Check all boxes that apply. “Other” refers to frames, receivers and other firearms that are not either handguns or long guns (rifles or shotguns), such as firearms having a pistol grip that expel a shotgun shell, or National Firearms Act (NFA) firearms.
If a frame or receiver can only be made into a long gun
(rifle or shotgun), it is still a frame or receiver not a handgun or long gun. However, they still are “firearms” by definition, and subject to the same GCA limitations as any other firearms. See Section 921(a)(3)(b). 18 U.S.C. Section 922(b)(1) makes it unlawful for a licensee to sell any firearm other than shotgun or rifle to any person under the age of 21. Since a frame or receiver for a firearm, to include one that can only be made into a long gun, is a “firearm other than a shotgun or rifle,” it cannot be transferred to anyone under the age of 21. Also, note that multiple sales forms are not required for frames or receivers of any firearms, or pistol grip shotguns, since they are not “pistols or revolvers” under Section 923(g)(3)(a)."
An AR lower can be assembled into any configuration (rifle, shotgun, pistol, NFA) once transferred to you as an "other" firearm.
**Disclaimer** I am not an NFA lawyer. This is just the way that every stripped lower I have purchased has been transferred to me. Do not rely on the anything I've stated for legal purposes.
Rick