Stripped recievers hae always been classified as other since 1968.
Dealers who mark them down as rifle or handgun were not complying with the law and the ATF had to bring it up in the past few years.
No change in the law happened.
A non NFA firearm can be:
1. Rifle
2. Shotgun
3. Handgun
4. Other
What falls in the other category? Here are some examples:
1. Stripped receivers to any firearm. A 1911 frame is not a pistol, it is an other.
2. Semi auto belt feed 1919s with no stock.
3. Shotguns with barrels over 18" and no stock.
4. Thompson Center Encores with muzzleloading barrels. These are not rifles because they don't fire fixed ammuntion and the receiver can accept a rifle or shotgun barrel therefore it is an other.
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