Building an SBR, questions

[MontereyC6]

If i did end up getting one from palmetto do I have to specify to them its for an SBR for transfer reasons?

No, you can buy a short upper for a pistol build.

 

[BACKLASH]

I had my LGS and FFL check the stripped lower in as a "pistol" just for extra coverage but it isnt required. As long as the lower was never assembled as a rifle it is good to go for the pistol build. The uppers are not the big of a deal from the manufacture. They are shipped to your door since they are technically not the rifle and only parts.

 

[ryknoll3]

I had my LGS and FFL check the stripped lower in as a "pistol" just for extra coverage but it isnt required. As long as the lower was never assembled as a rifle it is good to go for the pistol build. The uppers are not the big of a deal from the manufacture. They are shipped to your door since they are technically not the rifle and only parts.

Note to everyone else: Don't expect your FFL to do this, as this is not the correct way to log a stripped receiver into your books or on the 4473. It should be marked as "Other."

 

[stephen87]

I had my LGS and FFL check the stripped lower in as a "pistol" just for extra coverage but it isnt required. As long as the lower was never assembled as a rifle it is good to go for the pistol build. The uppers are not the big of a deal from the manufacture. They are shipped to your door since they are technically not the rifle and only parts.

Incorrect. As far as the saying "Once a rifle, always a rifle" goes, I've read that they have nixed that.

http://www.atf.gov/files/regulations-rulings/rulings/atf-rulings/atf-ruling-2011-4.pdf

This is the ruling. If it starts as a pistol, and you configure it to a rifle, you can go back to a pistol. You cannot however by an AR rifle and reconfigure it to become a pistol. This becomes a "firearm made from a rifle," which I believe is technically an SBR.


Feel free to correct me where I am wrong, but that's from my reading and understanding of 2011-4.