ar 15 lowers

[milltownhunter]

i was looking a ar15.com and it said that any ar lower that has not had a stock on it can be built eather way pistol or rifle is this true ?just have my ffl dealer list it as a pistol on 4473 that would it easyer to find a lower and could find a bushmaster or stag arms complete - stock or a striped lower

[Jupiter7]

Buy a stripped lower, have it transferred as a pistol. Just like a contender frame. I bought 1 that said pistol on lower as a precaution as I use it for hunting, short barreled rifles are not legal for hunting here but pistols are, go figure...

[milltownhunter]

just found and order a stag arms complet lower

[Jupiter7]

If it has a stock on it, it's a rifle for life.

[Hamish]

My understanding is that they can be transferred as a rifle, a pistol, or as an unnasigned frame, and according to the law, whatever it is assembled as, so it must always stay.

This interpretation came about after all the wrangling over the Thompson/Center Contender.

[Epd230]

I had always heard that if you buy it as a pistol lower, you can do anything with it, anytime. But buy it as a rifle, and it must stay a rifle.

I don't have any official status on this, so take it for what it is worth.

[eljefe]

State laws will vary, but there is no place on the 4473
for anything but handgun, long gun or other. A receiver
is other, and is properly listed as frame or receiver in
the section that contains make, model, serial number.

[Moonie]

I specifically asked about this when I purchased my new stripped lower. My FFL said all stripped lowers are registered "other", but I could build either with it.