Originally Posted by Rangr44
Originally Posted by GonHuntin
Yes, it is legal......at least as far as the feds are concerned......state laws may vary. Overall length with the stock attached would need to be at least 26".....under 26" and it falls under the National Firearms Act "short barreled rifle" rules.


No, it doesn't - according to a response letter from BATF on the subject.

Here's a NAA Mini Bicycle Rifle, a fella over on RFC built:

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Legally, there no difference between a non-folding rifle and a folding rifle - they're both rifles, perfectly legal as long as they meet the current Federal requirement of a 16" barrel length and a 26" OAL with any folding stock extended.

It's perfectly legal to convert a handgun to a rifle for one's own use, as opposed to converting for sale - No NFA status, no fees, no permits, no nothing.

What's NOT legal, w/o BATF permits/licences/tax/etc, is to either:

Convert a firearm originally manufactured as a rifle into a handgun
- or -
reconvert back to a handgun, a handgun that has previously been converted into a rifle.

BTW - There's no regulated minimum or "maximum" handgun barrel lengths.

It's not a rifle until a rifle buttstock, or the fitting(s) for the rifle buttstock, are installed on the handgun frame.

After a handgun's been converted into a rifle, it's no longer legally a handgun, even with the folding stock taken off for maintainence or repair - any more than (say) a Remington 700 would be with it's stock removed.



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You assume WAY too much here......your first mistake is to assume that I don't know what I'm talking about.....I can assure you, I have been playing this game for a LONG time.

1. I never said anything about a folding stock......however, a handgun with a stock attached and with an overall length of less than 26" is, by definition, a short barreled rifle. In the case of a folding or collapsible stock, overall length is measured with the stock in the firing position.


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A short barreled rifle (SBR) is defined in the law as:
26 U.S.C. sec. 5845(a)
* * * *
(3) a rifle having a barrel or barrels less than 16 inches
in length;
(4) a weapon made from a rifle if such weapon as modified
has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or
barrels of less than 16 inches in length; * * *

The NFA law also defines "rifle":

26 U.S.C. sec. 5845(c) "The term 'rifle' means a weapon
designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be
fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned or made
or remade to use the energy of an explosive in a fixed
cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled
bore for each pull of the trigger, and shall include any
such weapon which may be readily restored to fire a fixed
cartridge.



A handgun with a shoulder stock attached meets the legal definition of a rifle. If the barrel of said handgun is less than 16" in length, and/or the overall length of said handgun with stock attached is less than 26", it meets the legal definition of an NFA Regulated Short Barreled Rifle. PERIOD!

2. Yes, it is perfectly legal (under FEDERAL law) to convert a handgun into rifle configuration as long as the barrel is at least 16" long and the overall length is at least 26". However, state laws vary. You are correct, there is no federal minimum or maximum length for handgun barrels (except in the case of importation, then there is a minimum), however, don't forget, state laws can, and sometimes are MORE restrictive than Federal laws.

3. It is also legal to convert a handgun into rifle configuration and then convert it back to handgun configuration......at least that is the BATF interpretation as of July 25, 2011!

http://www.atf.gov/regulations-rulings/rulings/atf-rulings/atf-ruling-2011-4.pdf


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