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Originally Posted by miclo18d
Honestly, I’m not sure how doing a build legally would require you stating which when you buy the receiver. Not trying to be facetious, honestly I never gave it much thought and just never understood the form.
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A rifle built as a rifle by a manufacturer cannot be made into pistol; that receiver was "built" as a rifle and transferred as such. The practical matter for those assembling at home is that, simply buying the stripped lower to start with, it is transferred on the 4473 as 'Other'. You don't have to state anything; it can be a paperweight. You can then build a pistol, using one of the many pistol braces as the 'stock' - which it isn't, it's a
'brace' and the ATF evaluates them as such and issues letter to manufacturers about that. (Arfcom has a whole sub-forum on this subject.)
One can then pull that, say, 10.3" upper off, attach a 20" upper, and go back to the pistol later when done with your coyotes or whatever. If one isn't going to go through the SBR nutroll, building the pistol first conceptually is the most versatile. But once a rifle (initially, by you or a licensed manufacturer) always a rifle unless you register as a SBR.
Edit: Sorry for diverging from the original intent of the thread but hope that helps some.