Does a C3 SBR need to be 922r compliant?

[cseabass]

just as the title says. does a NFA regged SBR need to be 922r compliant?

anyone know off hand?

[69Mach1]

Is it an import that entered the US after 1989? Then yes.

[ke6guj]

Nope, 922(r) does not apply to NFA firearms, or pistols either.

[kingjoey]

Nope, 922(r) does not apply to NFA firearms, or pistols either.

Bingo.

[trinydex]

how come?

[ke6guj]

how come?

here is the code.

(178.39 otherwise known as 922(r) 10 Foreign parts law on semiauto Rifles & Shotguns)

Sec. 178.39 Assembly of semiautomatic rifles or shotguns.

(a) No person shall assemble a semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun using more than 10 of the imported parts listed in paragraph (c) of this section if the assembled firearm is prohibited from importation under section 925(d)(3) as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.

Note tht handguns are not included. That is why 922(r) does not apply to handguns.



As for NFA firearms,

Section 922(r) does not cover weapons
subject to the National Firearms Act, if you register a weapon as
a short barreled rifle, for example, you may assemble it out of all
imported parts, into a bad configuration, and ignore section
922(r). This is because section 922(r) does not cover weapons that
are imported under a different provision of law than section
925(d)(3). NFA weapon import is regulated not in the GCA, but in
the NFA, 26 U.S.C. section 5844.

[trinydex]

ic. thanks.