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Part of what I'm trying to figure out: I don't meet the legal minimum age to have a receiver transferred to me, but I can buy a rifle. Can I have a receiver sent to an FFL who has the tools I need for them to hold it while I work on it, and then have it transferred to me once I have done enough work for it to be considered a rifle? If so, I could have it sent to the school, barrel it and attach the stock there, and then have the school (who does have an FFL) transfer it to me.
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Who is going to say it's a rifle?
You are talking about a bare wannabe receiver that has never been built as either a rifle or a pistol. That makes it a "receiver" or "other." The BATFE position is that whichever it is first built as is what it is. Build your receiver into a rifle, and you will always have a rifle. Build it as a pistol, and it's a pistol forever.
Even if you have it sent to an FFL and you finish it on his equipment, when you get finished you'll still have a bare receiver that has never been a rifle or a pistol. We know the laws regarding age for transfers of rifles and handguns. I can't recall ever seeing any discussion of an age criterion for transfers of bare receivers to persons under the age of 21.
I think you are wandering into uncharted territory, and with the BATFE that's probably never a good idea.