If I take the rifle upper off of a lower, and remove the rifle butt stock, is the lower an “other” even if I bought it configured as a rifle?

As in, can I assemble it into a pistol?

Like a contender carbine can be made into a contender pistol?

I’m asking because I thought I knew the answer.

Washingon State’s asinine “assault weapons” law, makes transferring a complete semi-automatic rifle trigger a 10 business day waiting period and a state-level background check on top of the FBI NICS.

I was just in a LGS, and they said if a person takes the upper off, the lower becomes an “other” and is exempt from the waiting period, and just has a NICS check.


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