Quote History Originally Posted By -Deathstroke-:
Isn't what's listed on the 4473 determine what classification of firearm it is?
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Isn't what's listed on the 4473 determine what classification of firearm it is?
No.
ATF regulations define whether a firearm is a pistol/revolver/rifle/shotgun/silencer/etc......not what the dealer checked on the Form 4473.
If you buy a Glock 19 and the dealer erroneously listed it as a shotgun.....does that make it a shotgun? No.
And if you form1 it then it permanently becomes a rifle?
No.
A Form 1 is for making an NFA firearm.
-If you start with a pistol, add a shoulder stock you have made a Short Barreled Rifle. Remove the shoulder stock and the firearm is a pistol because it is no longer assembled in SBR configuration.
-If you start with a rifle, shorten the barrel to less than 16" or the OAL to less than 26" you have made a Short Barreled Rifle. If you replace the short barrel with one 16" or longer and making it at least 26" OAL, it is not in SBR configuration and is a Title I rifle.
Also if you put certain furniture on it (buttstock, foregrip) it becomes a rifle and has to follow all the rules that go with owning a rifle?
If adding that certain furniture cause it to meet the ATF definition for a particular firearm, yes.