- Jul 29, 2014
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Ok so now I'm confused, is the 'RIFLE' desination only for 5.56 caliber? Ok so basically, if I built from scratch a 300 BLK with 10.5 inch barrel from a purchased 'other' AR-15 lower that I got gathering dust in the safe for months, a standard AR stock and grip. Would this be consider a pistol/sbr/rifle? Do I need an HQL?
My goal is to built a compact 300 BLK that I can take whitetail hunting from a treestand without the trouble of HQL/SBR/JAIL/etc. I have some spare AR parts and just wanted to know how to built it legally and logically.
Ignore the barrel thing for now. That was a reference to Hbar vs non Hbar.
Any firearm with a barrel shorter than 16 inches and has a shoulder stock attached would be considered an SBR and would fall under NFA requirements ie; $200 tax stamp along with a submitted form1 if you were to build it yourself or a form4 if you were to buy one already built. Neither require an HQL in Md.
If you build it without a stock, it would be considered a pistol 'build' and would not be considered an SBR and not require any dealings with the ATF. It would not require an HQL either.
For now, you could put a "Sig Brace" on your pistol, put that is becoming questionable due to ATF's recent actions.
Now there are things I may have left out, but I tried to answer your questions directly.