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The timing of the build and conversion is the key to what can and can't be done legally.
1 - No. It must have been first constructed as a single shot, dimensionally compliant prior to 2015, or as a single shot, break-top, bolt-action prior to 2017.
It was legal to convert to semi-auto prior to 2017. It became questionably legal/illegal to perform the conversion after Jan 1 2017 due to changes in the wording of "Manufacture."
2 - Yes and no. See above. You can not RAW a single shot, correct, but if it was converted to S/A prior to Jan 1 2017, it would qualify. It will require a DOJ-issued serial number to RAW.
3 - Yes and no.... It can not be directly registered, it must be assigned a DOJ-issued serial number first. The build must also have been completed in AW form prior to Jan 1 2017, as the AW must have been "lawfully possessed between 2001 and 2016, inclusive"
4 - Correct. The closest that an AR or AK pattern pistol can be to "featureless" is a fixed-magazine configuration, since a "detachable magazine outside of the pistol grip" qualifies as a "feature"
5 - See #1, the issue is hotly debated and we will not know with any certainty unless or until someone is arrested, charged with manufacturing an unsafe handgun, and convicted. There would be no issue with a build that was Vol-Reg'd and converted prior to Jan 1 2017, but to RAW it would still need a DOJ-issued serial number.
1 - No. It must have been first constructed as a single shot, dimensionally compliant prior to 2015, or as a single shot, break-top, bolt-action prior to 2017.
It was legal to convert to semi-auto prior to 2017. It became questionably legal/illegal to perform the conversion after Jan 1 2017 due to changes in the wording of "Manufacture."
2 - Yes and no. See above. You can not RAW a single shot, correct, but if it was converted to S/A prior to Jan 1 2017, it would qualify. It will require a DOJ-issued serial number to RAW.
3 - Yes and no.... It can not be directly registered, it must be assigned a DOJ-issued serial number first. The build must also have been completed in AW form prior to Jan 1 2017, as the AW must have been "lawfully possessed between 2001 and 2016, inclusive"
4 - Correct. The closest that an AR or AK pattern pistol can be to "featureless" is a fixed-magazine configuration, since a "detachable magazine outside of the pistol grip" qualifies as a "feature"
5 - See #1, the issue is hotly debated and we will not know with any certainty unless or until someone is arrested, charged with manufacturing an unsafe handgun, and convicted. There would be no issue with a build that was Vol-Reg'd and converted prior to Jan 1 2017, but to RAW it would still need a DOJ-issued serial number.
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