Anyone have experience using a bolt action in a chassis that accepts AR buffer tubes to build a "pistol" from a bolt action?...
If so how'd that work out?...
If so how'd that work out?...
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You can’t build a pistol out of an existing rifle. A “pistol” has to start as one. You shorten the barrel on a rifle and you need a short barrel rifle stamp.
Although I wonder if a custom bolt receiver is designated as rifle at its inception before its a bare action or if just never assembled. Maybe that’s how the rem xp100 gets by with it, it’s a pistol before it becomes an action.
Although I wonder if a custom bolt receiver is designated as rifle at its inception before its a bare action or if just never assembled. Maybe that’s how the rem xp100 gets by with it, it’s a pistol before it becomes an action.
a virgin action should be a "firearm" legally......
once it is put into a stock it becomes a "rifle".....
no reason you couldnt build one legally as a "pistol" .......just like an AR15
Ok, I just wasn’t sure about protocols on stuff like that. The manufacturers can do whatever they want with any action until it’s outfitted with a barrel and stock. There’s no prior designation that goes on.
Just an action would be classified as “Other” on a 4473. Some States may have additional paperwork I’m not aware of.
Hmmm...perhaps because I'm behind enemy lines (California), it is different here...
I’m in Virginia and as long as I buy a receiver (or a barreled action I believe, I’ll have to verify that one) It will be a receiver not a rifle
We do the same with AR lowers frequently here, no issue with the classifications
We do the same with AR lowers frequently here, no issue with the classifications
On a 4473 a virgin receiver is an Other.
Besides, federal law states that a pistol can become a rifle, but not the other way around.
Kali might do things differently though. IDK
It can never have been registered as a rifle, ARs are usually “undesignated” so they can go back and forth. A custom action new and register it as a pistol will be legal to build either rifle or pistol so you are ok there. I built an XP100pistol using a Stiller action. I confirmed the process before buying anything.
The description as Bakwa stated is how i have understood it.
I don't think so, maybe your local laws have something against it... But it appears to be good to go
Pending on your state laws this may vary but you may switch from pistol to rifle to pistol. For the one person who chimed in from Cali. You have SSE rules to make one. You also can dros it as PPT. But you can't turn your rifle into a pistol.
You can go down the road of AOW but that's yet another different story.
You can go down the road of AOW but that's yet another different story.
It is different here. Has to be DROS'd as rifle or pistol and pistol has to be on the safe handgun roster. This site might be helpful for you.
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=383692
This is something that is controlled by both federal and state laws so your location will have some bearing on what you can and cannot do. Make sure you also know what your state laws dictates regarding building a gun from a bare receiver as well as transitions between pistol to rifle.
DOA not correct. Cali handgun roster is not applicable for SSE in California
I know. My link stated that on top of page. I merely posted the link as a reference to CA gun website where he can get specific laws for CA. Not that SSE was still available.
I never knew that I needed a 300 blk bolt action pistol, but now I need one.....
I’ve been considering building something like this myself.
I would use it for prairie dogs, rabbits, coyotes, antelope, hogs, whitetail, turkey, plinking, and in general as a truck gun in case of an opportunity.
I live in the middle of nowhere, and drive a lot of two-tracks. Consequently, I shoot out of a vehicle a lot.
I also do a lot of driving and hiking with a rifle, the shorter it is, the easier it is to take with me.
If it weren't for unconstitutional laws, I would definitely have a suppressed 11.5" 223 bolt rifle, and I suspect it would go with me more often than most of my other rifles. Somebody on here had one they were showing off a long time ago, it was WAY sexy!
I live in the middle of nowhere, and drive a lot of two-tracks. Consequently, I shoot out of a vehicle a lot.
I also do a lot of driving and hiking with a rifle, the shorter it is, the easier it is to take with me.
If it weren't for unconstitutional laws, I would definitely have a suppressed 11.5" 223 bolt rifle, and I suspect it would go with me more often than most of my other rifles. Somebody on here had one they were showing off a long time ago, it was WAY sexy!
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