Wild Deuce
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- Dec 2, 2009
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This is my first foray into the NFA Forum ... so, please go easy on me. The following conversation took place recently. Just looking for more opinions/thoughts on the discussion.
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Reply from INGO friend:
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Reply from INGO friend:
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Reply from INGO Friend:
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I don't own any NFA items ...
Guy PMs me about the EoTech I am selling with a trade offer. Forgetting trade value issues, I have a question about legalities:
He is offering me a 10.5" AR upper for my EoTech.
I told him that I am not ready to get into NFA items at the time.
He says that it is currently a pistol so no worries about legalities >>> no paperwork needed
Can Joe Shmo just buy a sub-16" upper and say it's for a pistol without doing the tax stamp thing? The serialized lower makes the rifle/pistol determination? If Uncle Sammy stopped by to visit and saw that everyone of my lowers had a collapsible stock on it, that would mean a trip to club fed, wouldn't it?
Reply from INGO friend:
My understanding is that he is correct. As long as you do not put a lower with a stock or have it stored with one you should be good. If you did it, you would probably want to make sure you had a pistol lower to put on it until such time as you decided to make it a SBR.
Like anything to do with the .gov, it is a shady area.
Me:
That was my issue ... I would be afraid to have it in the house or in the safe without a pistol lower in sight. Thanks for the reply.
Just for the record, the upper never gets "registered," correct? It's always the lower that gets designated as a SBR? ... What if I stuck an 18" upper on it later on?
Reply from INGO friend:
Correct. The lower is the registered piece. I guess you would have a SBR with a long barrel. You would at least be able to have a short barrel in the house without fear of the law.
Me:
Ok ... final hypothetical question ... I PROMISE ...
I could have a single tax stamp for a single registered SBR Lower and have six or seven sub-sixteen inch uppers in the house without worry? ... What if I have six or seven other lowers (without any uppers on them ... or even if I did have uppers on them)?
I can see how owning NFA items could be an invitation to a legal disaster if you don't know what you are doing.
Reply from INGO Friend:
That one I am not sure of. You might start a thread in the NFA section and see what people say.