Can I make a rifle out of an AR-15 lower registered as a pistol?

[chillincody]

Thanks...damnit. This FFL is a bit of a (deleted). He's not going to go out of his way to comply with CA requirements.

yea there is alot of FFL like that simple solution Fthem buy from someone else who will deal with us here in CA

[tatt00edangel]

Not to jack the thread, But if hypothetically I was able to get an 80% lower, Can I buy a pistol upper now? Do I need to register it as a pistol? Is the single shot sled just a pinned mag or a piece to install?

[Atlantaboi2012]

One of the most informative post I have seen in a long while.

[NoNOS67]

Not to jack the thread, But if hypothetically I was able to get an 80% lower, Can I buy a pistol upper now? Do I need to register it as a pistol? Is the single shot sled just a pinned mag or a piece to install?

That depends; did you build a pistol lower, or a rifle lower?

[THEJAPINO]

I'm pretty sure that in CA, you can't buy a pistol lower unless you're a LEO. Stripped lowers are DROS'd as 'long gun' in which they'll need to have a 16" barrel, stock, and an OAL of over 30".

I think to get an AR pistol in our great state, you'll either have to get a complete SSE from a gun store or PPT, receive one as a gift in CA compliant form from a father/mother or son/daughter from another state (search interstate intrafamilial transfer), or homebuild one from an 80% receiver.

Not to jack the thread, But if hypothetically I was able to get an 80% lower, Can I buy a pistol upper now? Do I need to register it as a pistol? Is the single shot sled just a pinned mag or a piece to install?

[winnre]

Wait, I have two stripped JD lowers, can I build them into pistols???

[winnre]

Wait, I have two stripped JD lowers, can I build them into pistols???

[THEJAPINO]

Federally, you would be ok but in Kalifornia...they are long gun lowers in the eyes of the DOJ.

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[ChaneRZ]

No they were drosd as long gun.

[car15]

You can go back and forth from pistol to rifle as long as you never have the stock and < 16 in barrel on at the same time.

If it was dros as a rifle then always a rile.

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

You can go back and forth from pistol to rifle as long as you never have the stock and < 16 in barrel on at the same time.

If it was dros as a rifle then always a rile.

Absolutely incorrect in California. Stop giving advice and learn CA law before your advice gets someone arrested.

In terms of Federal law, this would be permissible. In terms of California law, this is NOT permissible. In CA, "once a rifle, always a rifle", it doesn't matter whether the receiver was DROSed as a pistol, created from an 80% receiver, or whatever other method was used. The firearm CANNOT be reconfigured as a pistol once it has been configured as a rifle.

[winnre]

Then can I re-dros the lower s a pistol, or when I buy it do I have to request it be drosed as a pistol?

[AK all day]

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[ke6guj]

Then can I re-dros the lower s a pistol, or when I buy it do I have to request it be drosed as a pistol?

it would be assumed that that once it has been DROSed as a long gun, that CA would consider it to always be a rifle, even if you reDROS it as a pistol at a later date.

And you can't DROS a stripped lower as a pistol, unless you are roster-exempt. It must be assembled as a pistol before it is DROSed to you.

[Jpach]

All I have to say to the OP is......How is the government gonna know if you changed it from one to the other anyways?