Something fishy or is it me?

[ChonchAR]

Question: Isn't a pistol frame declared to be a pistol by the manufacturer on a federal level and excise taxes paid on it being a pistol. So a call to the manufacturer would solve the issue?

[redteam22003]

Morning,

So I am in the process of getting an AR pistol lower (lwrc M6ic psd). I asked the seller if he can show me pics of the DROS paperwork stating it’s a handgun/pistol. His response was he currently doesn’t have it or lost it.
Is that fishy or is it just me? Is it to much to ask for DROS paperwork?

Just trying to navigate the landmines of owning an AR pistol. Also is this my first go at an off-roster firearm.

I used my DROS paper as toilet paper...i really did wipe my as* with it and flush it down the toilet.

[Over It]

I get it but it would be as weird as someone asking me for the receipt for my shoes so they can make sure they are not stolen.

[ChonchAR]

I get it but it would be as weird as someone asking me for the receipt for my shoes so they can make sure they are not stolen.

[sbo80]

Question: Isn't a pistol frame declared to be a pistol by the manufacturer on a federal level and excise taxes paid on it being a pistol. So a call to the manufacturer would solve the issue?

no, it doesn't work that way at all. ATF declared a long time ago, that for the fed rules, any stripped lower can be built into a pistol or a rifle. There is no fed requirement for an AR to be "declared" a pistol in any way, except during transfers. And if it was a stripped lower at transfer, there's another category "other". Which basically means buyer's choice, and the feds would have no clue what it ended up as. I bought and built an AR pistol that way in a free state. CA DROS, which is not the same as fed, doesn't have an "other" category, so the only thing that matters in CA is what the last transfer paperwork said, pistol or rifle. On a related note, if the pistol in question came into CA on a new resident registration, the DOJ paperwork they send back doesn't mention pistol/rifle at all, just make, model, serial.