[Apostle]

If you were to buy a part from someone, lets say a complete lower. do you need a FFL to have this shipped to? or is an FFL only required for a complete firearm?

something i was wondering about

 

[whofarted]

lower=firearm. If you neeed an ffl to send you a firearm you need an ffl to send you a lower. Complete or not. A stripped lower is the same thing. Everything else would be unregulated. Partskit,upper, trigger, bolt, etc all good to buy.

 

[bwraven]

The part of the firearm that has the serial number is the actual firearm. That is the part that must be transferred to an FFL.

On a Ranch Rifle or Mini-14, that is the receiver. It doesn't really have a lower.

On a MKIII .22 pistol it's the barrel/receiver assembly, so buying a lower would not involve an FFL. But if you want to buy a new barrel for it, it must be done through an FFL.

 

[whofarted]

The part of the firearm that has the serial number is the actual firearm. That is the part that must be transferred to an FFL.

On a Ranch Rifle or Mini-14, that is the receiver. It doesn't really have a lower.

On a MKIII .22 pistol it's the barrel/receiver assembly, so buying a lower would not involve an FFL. But if you want to buy a new barrel for it, it must be done through an FFL.

I thought pistols were usually the frame. Why is the mkiii different?

 

[whofarted]

Nevermind. Barrel is combined with the reciever on a MKiii. I just looked up the blowout.

 

[Apostle]

that answers my question, thank you