Can an AR pistol....?

[Steve O]

Aaaahhhh....got it. Stupid California rules. Thanks.

Actually that's federal ATF law.

A pistol once it receives a butstock becomes a rifle, (A rifle can NEVER become a pistol.) and cannot be converted back to a pistol. If the pistol has a barrel length of less than 16 inches when you attach a butstock it becomes a SBR! If you live in a free state you can get the proper tax stamp to make a SBR, but not in CA.

Just remember pistol with butstock becomes rifle, refle can never be a pistol.

[domokun]

There is no law regulating how long pistol barrels can be, ya?

There is if you want an AR pistol. An exempt pistol can't have a barrel longer than 15.9" on it or it will have legal issues....

[Ducman]

There is if you want an AR pistol. An exempt pistol can't have a barrel longer than 15.9" on it or it will have legal issues....

so you're saying that an upper 14.5 w/ an unpinned flash hider can not be installed on a lower pistol???

[munkeeboi]

the barrel is 14.5". it's under 15.9" and should be fine

[CHS]

You can put a 17" upper on a pistol lower. Nothing against that.

It's no longer a pistol at that point, it's actually a non-pistol long gun. But since you don't add a buttstock to it, you can change it back to a pistol.

Rifles can never become pistols, but non-pistol long guns CAN.

[SJgunguy24]

Actually that's federal ATF law.

A pistol once it receives a butstock becomes a rifle, (A rifle can NEVER become a pistol.) and cannot be converted back to a pistol. If the pistol has a barrel length of less than 16 inches when you attach a butstock it becomes a SBR! If you live in a free state you can get the proper tax stamp to make a SBR, but not in CA.

Just remember pistol with butstock becomes rifle, refle can never be a pistol.

This is correct, this is one of the problems with the Mech-tech CCU carbine conversion. The second the pistol frame is attached to the mech-tech, legally it can never be a hand gun again. I would love to have one of these in 10mm.

[mountaindweller]

Thanks for all the information.