AR Build

[kbi83]

im sure this has been asked either here or on the AR-15 forum but i cant think of the wording to search it out...

im just curious, if i buy a complete upper and complete lower, thats pretty much a complete rifle right? just curious how they get away without ordering the uppers thru a local gun shop wouldnt they have to do all the background info an registrations?

maybe im missing something i havent fully researched alot on building one but i want to maybe put one together this summer...

thx for the help

 

[Doesn'tPlayWellw/Others]

1. Yes
2. Only the lower reciever has a serial # and thus, is the firearm. Upper contains no serial numbers.

 

[WhiteyMacD]

im sure this has been asked either here or on the AR-15 forum but i cant think of the wording to search it out...

im just curious, if i buy a complete upper and complete lower, thats pretty much a complete rifle right? just curious how they get away without ordering the uppers thru a local gun shop wouldnt they have to do all the background info an registrations?

maybe im missing something i havent fully researched alot on building one but i want to maybe put one together this summer...

thx for the help

As long as by complete they include the BCG/charging handle in the upper. I have seen some uppers advertised as complete, but they do not have the BCG and charging handle. Otherwise, yes.

 

[kbi83]

so in theory anyone could build an AR and the government would never know?

 

[WhiteyMacD]

so in theory anyone could build an AR and the government would never know?

The lower has to be FFL'd. The only way to get around that, I believe is to take a incomplete lower and finish it. (by incomplete, I mean the stripped lower is not complete.) Someone correct me if I am wrong.

 

[MarkV]

so in theory anyone could build an AR and the government would never know?

Just buy the lower from an individual and there is no paperwork.

 

[kbi83]

thats what i was lookin for a part that was FFL and thats the lower... cool thx!

 

[angsniper]

The lower has to be FFL'd. The only way to get around that, I believe is to take a incomplete lower and finish it. (by incomplete, I mean the stripped lower is not complete.) Someone correct me if I am wrong.

Even if you by a stripped lower it gets registered. Only way around that is to by a lower from an individual. Also, if you buy a lower and an upper at the same time from a dealer they consider it a complete gun and there is about a 20% tax added. (maybe not all dealers, I'm not sure)

 

[kbi83]

i was going to order offline and it looked like everything was going to be shipped to my door..

 

[kbi83]

im not worried about not registering, i was just curious about this... but thx for the info you guys answered all my questions