Tam reminds me that if I buy an AK with a stock and a 16"+ barrel... replace the barrel with something < 16" and remove the stock, I have made an NFA regulated short barrel rifle.
But if I buy a bare receiver, and make an identical gun, it's a pistol...
It's all part of the ATF's magical "once a, always a" world. Once a gun is a rifle, it's always a rifle.
Take that AK "pistol"...
Add a stock and it's now a rifle. A short barrel rifle unless you replaced it with something 16+ inches long. Removing the stock doesn't return it to pistol status EVER!
My head is so scarred from the desk that I am going to be mistaken for a devout Muslim.
But if I buy a bare receiver, and make an identical gun, it's a pistol...
It's all part of the ATF's magical "once a, always a" world. Once a gun is a rifle, it's always a rifle.
Take that AK "pistol"...
Add a stock and it's now a rifle. A short barrel rifle unless you replaced it with something 16+ inches long. Removing the stock doesn't return it to pistol status EVER!
My head is so scarred from the desk that I am going to be mistaken for a devout Muslim.