AR pistol help
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AR pistol help
I’ve been thinkin about putting an 8.5 or 10inch barrel on my AR 9mm pistol. I have a 4” on it right now. My question is, I can put any length of a barrel on it that I want AS LONG AS I don’t exceed 16 inches and it will still be considered a pistol correct?
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Re: AR pistol help
You can look over this for ATF's clarification on the issue: https://www.atf.gov/file/55526/download
Basically, you can do whatever you want within reason assuming your lower did not come as a long gun from the factory. You can even convert it to a rifle and back again. Just make sure that if the overall barrel length is < 16", you don't have a stock or forward grip etc on it to make it an SBR.
Of course, IANAL
Basically, you can do whatever you want within reason assuming your lower did not come as a long gun from the factory. You can even convert it to a rifle and back again. Just make sure that if the overall barrel length is < 16", you don't have a stock or forward grip etc on it to make it an SBR.
Of course, IANAL
Re: AR pistol help
Where do you see a maximum barrel length for a pistol? There's a minimum barrel length for a rifle without SBR stamp, but I can't find any maximum legal barrel length for a pistol. I'm also pretty sure if there's no stock and the OAL is more than 26" then a vertical forward grip doesn't make it a NFA AOW.
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Re: AR pistol help
You're fine to put whatever barrel length upper you want on your pistol lower.
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Re: AR pistol help
Thanks. Much appreciated!