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ok here is a question for you guys. i have a registered 50bmg on a ar lower built from a 80% receiver. the lower has numbers on it for registration purposes and i was wondering if i could build a pistol out of it also. of course it would have a fixed 10 rnd mag in it. any problems with that idea?
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I think once it has been assembled as a rifle it can't go back to handgun configuration unless you get it registered as a SBR.The wise man said just find your place
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thats what im not sure about because the numbers on the receivers are my own numbers that i came up with. its registered with cal. doj as a 50bmg and as a custom build. so if i could make it into a pistol i wouldn't be breaking any law on the federal level but not sure on a state level.Comment
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Actually yah you'd be breaking laws on both fed and state level.
By registering the 80% as a .50BMG you registered it as a RIFLE... so NO you cannot now build a pistol.
The easier way would be to get another 80% receiver, finish it, register it as a PISTOL ONLY lower, build it as a single shot, then once you receive the registration add the gas block....
I'd put it together w/no gas block and let the port vent to atmosphere... once you receive the reg papers back, THEN put the gas block on and have a ball.
Fixed 10rd mag is a must.
Good luck
JP
P.S. I have a pistol only lower but no upper *yet* and when I DO finish it, I plan on bolting the lower to the upper @ the front pivot w/a bolt and nylock nut...Comment
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JPGlee's got it - NEVER make a rifle into a pistol.
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i know its advised to have some numbers on an 80% build, but from what i know of you don't have to register 80% built guns. handguns or rifles, or am i wrong?Last edited by jamesob; 04-26-2008, 4:00 PM.Comment
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I have a question. How does the AR pistol get around the assault weapons laws that mention the ability to accept a magazine outside of the pistol grip? I was just curious what makes these legal, but not the ruger charger.
sorry to threadjack.
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its not detachable if its fixed. it doesn't matter where your fixed mag is i.e inside or outside the grip. as long as its a fixed 10 rnd mag its ok.Comment
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Thanks guys.
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JamieComment
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If you'd registered it as a pistol way back when, before you built it into a rifle, it would've been ok.
Too late now.
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alright looks like another 80% build for me.Comment
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That's the spirit!
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