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When are they going to decided how to register this .... I have one i bought a couple years back and use it with my Rock Island 45, but i have to seperate it to and from The Gun Range. Even at the Pistol and Rifle Club, they get concerned about it. (By the Way THIS is NOT mine)
I guess we're lucky here in Canada then...it was registered from the first day they saw it. (That takes away the worry that you currently have) I HAVE thought about getting one though...I think it would be great with a can on it...
Well here even in Texas, the Gun Club I belong too, stop selling these due to the confusion of how the would classify this and I had a couple of friends that ordered them and they gave them there money back and they were thinking they ran out but no, they said they had to put a hold on it cause of something had happened, i wish i remembered, but i will post it when i talk with him. But mine i have to separate it when i travel according to my DPS Trooper that lives a couple of houses down from me.There fun to shoot at close range. But I like it.
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Did they register it as a handgun or rifle, cause my CCU has a SN on it just like the one they use on my handguns when i buy and fill the form out.
In Canada they register it by it's self. If no number, then they'll assign one.
:confused: Does anyone else reading this have no idea about what they are discussing? I see no pics in this thread.
Me either, but it sounds like a suppressor of some sort???
Attachment 56631 This is what he presented us with...seems strange to me you guys can't see that pic...
Aaaahhh ... that one I can see, thanks! ;)
There is no gun registration in Texas.Quote:
When are they going to decided how to register this ....
If you're talking about what to put on the 4473 background check form, the receiver is the pistol frame.
MechTech - 1911
In legal terms, it's no different than the Mac 11 carbine uppers that have been around for many years.
[/QUOTE]There is no gun registration in Texas.[/QUOTE]
The dark side of these uppers is that they permanently convert the legal status of your pistol frame into a rifle frame. If you attach the Mech Tech to your 1911 pistol frame, then you cannot legally revert that frame back to pistol form unless you first register it as a Short Barrel Rifle via ATF Form 1.*
This is what they told my friend when they gave him his money back. I confirmed it with my TEXAS DPS Trooper Neighbor on that 45 CCU and he was right.
The illegal side of these uppers is that they permanently convert the legal status of your pistol frame into a rifle frame. If you attach the Mech Tech to your 1911 pistol frame, then you cannot legally revert that frame back to pistol form unless you first REGISTER it as a Short Barrel Rifle via ATF Form 1.* This is not new. This has been a problem for about 3 years now.
All you have to do is replace the collapsable stock with a SB15 brace and all your troubles AND tax stamps disappear, No?
This is from the MechTech Systems Inc website - MechTech - FAQ's
Here is the BATFE clarification - http://www.atf.gov/files/regulations...ing-2011-4.pdfQuote:
Is is legal to convert the CCU back to the original pistol?
Yes. The BATFE recently published a ruling which clarifies this - here is the link: http://www.atf.gov/regulations-rulin...ing-2011-4.pdf
There has been a lot of missinformation circulating to the effect that once the pistol lower has been asembled to a rifle configuration then converting back to the pistol constitutes 'making a pistol from a rifle' and thereby placing the pistol into the SBR (short barrelled rifle) class. Not so. Please see our Forum for even further clarification. It is the first post on the Forum so you don't have to spend time trying to find it.
Better tell your friend and neighbor they are wrong. Or you could just show them the letter from the director of the BATFE.Quote:
Held further, a firearm, as defined by 26 U.S.C. 5845(a)(3) and (a)(4), is not made when a pistol is attached to a part or parts designed to convert the pistol into a rifle with a barrel of 16 inches or more in length, and the parts are later unassembled in a configuration not regulated under the NFA (e.g., as a pistol).
You might also want to print a copy and keep it with your upper, just in case you run into someone who doesn't understand the law.
So now i don't have to worry about disassembly. ...i can keep it attached all the time without worry, good, Thanks
I was cleaning my CCU and decided to measure the barrel and the length was 14" and the ones from the manufacture and some Mech-Techs are 14 inches, this was why there was a problem so when i talked to my neighbor and my friend thats why they pulled them to have them changed, but the law was being challenged and did not change .It stayed at 16" so then the companies started to fit the 16" barrel. My DPS neighbor told me when i printed this to show him and he knew and told me before i showed what i printed, that was why they denied theres and thats why i was told to disconnect my during transportation.
Frank
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