I think HIS plans are to set it up as a rifle, and even as a 'handgun' it wouldn't be what either of us would consider a 'CCW' gun, so my question applies to the OTHER lower I got for me...
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If one purchases a lower and builds it out as a handgun, what exactly makes it a 'handgun'...???
I assume a short barrel mandates that it be a 'handgun', and not putting a 'rifle' stock on it would be obvious. However, does the Buffer Tube constitute a 'stock', or just part of the receiver.
I gather that these new-fangled "wrist-braces" that conveniently slip over the buffer-tube are a work-around for that for those who don't want to do SBR paperwork, and as I've posted on another thread, I have to wonder how long THAT will last.
Nonetheless, although I'd just bought the lower for myself as a 'spare' or for sale/trade later on, this got me thinking about building it as a handgun, but I don't want to break any rules.
So.....if I don't ever put a stock on the buffer tube, and put a short barrel on the gun, is that legitimate...? Do you have to weld up the threads on the buffer tube, or use some special 'handgun' buffer tube...?
Just wondering.