Buying a Fully Assembled Pistol, or even a Pistol Marked Fully Assembled Lower and transferred on the 4473 as a Pistol would be the safest course of action IMHO.
Second safest is to purchase a stripped lower as an Other and keep a copy or picture of the 4473 & then first assemble it into a pistol by attaching a Pistol Brace & take a date marked picture and keep for evidence.
I have a poll for the third option of which I'm not sure & getting conflicting info due to the nasty hornets nest of various rulings and letters.
Last edited by johnnywitt; 08-18-18 at 14:47.
Moonshot, I hope I was able to answer your questions. I won't pretend to be an expert on the law, but I've been shooting an AR pistol with an arm brace since they were first released. I've shot it in five different states. Currently, I'm working the bugs out of a second braced AR pistol in 22 LR. The AR pistol has accompanied to five different states. No one has ever given me any grief and I've shot it in the presence of law enforcement officers. Of course, they were gun-guys and were just interested in how well the pistol worked.
I started with the first arm brace.
When SB Tactical introduced the sleeker Galil model, it didn't take me long to switch
I added an SBA3 to the repertoire as soon as I could. With it's adjustable length, it better fits arms long or short.
The kids love shooting the brace equipped AR pistol. It's hands down their favorite.
I haven't found ownership of a brace equipped AR to be any more complicated than any other non-NFA firearm. Get a braced AR pistol and enjoy it.
Last edited by MistWolf; 08-18-18 at 16:21.
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We have had this very same conversation, time and time again. The answer is, buy a pistol, or get just a lower, stripped or not. A pistol is to be listed as a handgun on the Form 4473 at the time of purchase. A lower is to be listed as other unless local regulations require otherwise. No matter how often we sort this out, people still make a special effort to confuse the issue all over again.
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moonshot, you've got a PM inbound with some info about two different M4C members that have had BATFE agents pay them a house call. My apologies, I would have sent it to you sooner but I was away for the weekend for a end of summer blowout. Cheers.
Permit me to answer your question with a question, are you a fluffer?
Not only did he dodge my question (SOP with them) he then had to bring up AC in a thread they trolled. AC would have shut down the trolling quick fast and in a hurry and he never would of allowed the open discussion of violating NFA on a public forum.
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Either get back on topic or I close this thread since it seems that AR pistol questions have all been answered.
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