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BillyJack3 · November 16, 2012, 08:09 AM

Justice has it. It's a legal issue, not a physical issue. The same lower you would purchase for a rifle is the same lower you would purchase for a pistol. It all has to do with how your FFL calls it in and designates it. Once a rifle, always a rifle. If you throw a pistol upper on a designated rifle lower (physically possible), you're going to be in big, big trouble.

November 16, 2012, 08:09 AM	#12
BillyJack3 Senior Member Join Date: May 2, 2012 Posts: 423	Justice has it. It's a legal issue, not a physical issue. The same lower you would purchase for a rifle is the same lower you would purchase for a pistol. It all has to do with how your FFL calls it in and designates it. Once a rifle, always a rifle. If you throw a pistol upper on a designated rifle lower (physically possible), you're going to be in big, big trouble.