Elkins45
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Because then you would fall under the requirements for an SBR. Any time you want to take a rifle to another state, you have to file a ATF 5320.20 "Application to Transport NFA Firearms" and ask permission from the crown for each rifle and for each different location.
That thought crossed my mind too. However, I really do not want to be in the position of using a NFA item for SD. Plus I cross state lines quite a bit as all my family lives in surrounding states and keep an AR in my RV. So getting my permission slip every time might be a pain. (Form 5320.20)
My confusion is that I have one of those Micro Roni's Glock chassis. Since it was specifically called an SBR in one of the slide decks on their site, no mention of it in other documents. There is no serial number, maker address, etc. etc. Do they want me to register every Glock in my house? Or just the ones that could fit. (34/35/17L/24/etc. cannot fit). That one is likely trash can bound, unless I can find someone who wants to deal with it.
Examples from the ATF on Non commercial and commercial:
https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regul...finalruleguidance-non-commercial1-10/download
https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regul...acefinalruleguidance-commerciallypdf/download
That’s not really a problem. It’s only a NFA item when in NFA configuration. Stick a stock and 16” barrel on it and it’s a rifle. Or stick a plain pistol tube on it and it’s a pistol. It’s only an evil braced pistol when wearing both the brace and a <16” barrel.
They will request a photo of your braced pistol when you file a Form 1 and request the tax exemption. See my above post.
Now if you do not plan on registering your braced pistol as an ABR, then either remove the brace, swap the barrel out for one that is at least 16" and you are good to go.
So take a picture of each one of your AR receivers wearing a brace and a <16” upper. In each submission you would be telling the truth: at the time the photo was taken that firearm was indeed in a braced pistol configuration. Note that this would only work for those guns you had purchased as a pistol or a bare receiver, not as an assembled rifle. In those instances you would already have committed the crime of converting a rifle to a pistol in violation of the “first a rifle, always a rifle” rule.
This makes me glad I assembled each of my bare receivers in pistol configuration first.
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