[Mr. Snuffalupagus]

how bout it...

you take a mini, chop it down to AC556k length.

and put it in a custom pistol grip stock

Or maybe a Tapco with the buttstock tube removed, and the sling ring plug installed..

if you can make an AR into a pistol, and the AK into a pistol why not a mini?
would it fly?

 

[magnomark]

Don't think so!After finding out about the hoops to make an ar pistol-I would bet that the alphabet gang would have a field day with a "chopped mini"!First and foremost the reciever would have started out as a rifle or carbine......then go from there!

 

[Mr. Snuffalupagus]

didn't think of it that way...

so you considered a chop mod of a rifle configured upper into a pistol and it was more trouble than it was worth?

wow - I'd not have guessed considering all the aftermarket AR pistol parts on the market that practically scream "build me!!!"

I can't have a AR/AK/Mini pistol anyway...

Hawaii classifies such horrid devices as "assault pistols" due to the forearms -

Just musing

 

[magnomark]

Hey Snuff-the Ar pistol is an easy build simply because you can find parts that were"dedicated" for use in an ar pistol-but if they were designed or used in a rifle (manufactured)then it gets to be a problem with the people that brought us fast and furious relations with mexico!:lol:

 

[jwb47]

it is an odd can of worms . think about the ruger challenger which is nothing but a 10/22 with a pistol grip or the old 30 carbine enforcer pistol .

 

[tri70]

You can do anything under the sun as long as it's not your gun, right?:lol:
I am sure you would need an oversized bushing for the gas block pending length of barrel.

 

[Jeff F]

Its all about what the receiver started out its life as. If it started out as a rifle its takes bunches of hoops and money to do it legal. If it started out as a bare receiver and never had a rifle stock on it its doable.

I believe stripped AR receivers are sold as AOW's (any other weapons) not as a rifle as are pistol grip only shotguns (not the combo shotguns the come assembled with a shoulder stock and with the pistol grip in the package). You also have to be 21 to buy any AOW. If its never been a rifle you can make it a pistol or rifle.

Since Ruger does not sell just the receiver I don't think its easily doable.

 

[7.62x39]

I believe stripped AR receivers are sold as AOW's (any other weapons) not as a rifle as are pistol grip only shotguns (not the combo shotguns the come assembled with a shoulder stock and with the pistol grip in the package). You also have to be 21 to buy any AOW. If its never been a rifle you can make it a pistol or rifle.

Stripped AR lowers are sold just like any other firearm on a 4473. But, at that time must be transfered as either a pistol or a rifle.
A PG equiped shotty is also transfered the same as any other shotty as long as the barrel is >18". Any shorter barrel is AOW

 

[Jeff F]

Stripped AR lowers are sold just like any other firearm on a 4473. But, at that time must be transfered as either a pistol or a rifle.
A PG equiped shotty is also transfered the same as any other shotty as long as the barrel is >18". Any shorter barrel is AOW

I mis spoke in my previous post, a pistol-grip shotgun that never had a shoulder stock is regulated simply as a firearm, not as a shotgun. FFL's may not transfer them to buyers who are 18-20 year olds.

You are also correct, at the time of purchase the stripped receiver is transfered as a pistol or rifle, I don't know why i was thinking AOW. Thanks for the correction.