AR-15 Uppers and Lowers: What's legal? (New Video for 2020)

It’s so confusing. But thank you. I am sure the rules have changed . Now

This is just welfare for the ATF. They want to stay employed so they have created “make work” for themselves.

Can I use ar9 pistol upper receiver to ar15 lower receiver? Is this legal?

Seriously your video just stopped me from committing a crime thank you 🙏

If I purchase an AR-15 lower without a stock or brace, and there is no designation from the merchant, what is it considered?

What if you buy a new complete lower with a stock, can you change it into a pistol?
Without sbr-ing?

Thank you for the information. I'm building my own. So the information came in very handy.👍👍👍

Thank you for the information. I never knew the NRA traded away our rights in 1934 but it doesn't surprise me. After all I dropped them after I learned that LaPierre was earning over a million dollars per yr. All that fund raising they do is to keep him rich. Dropped them like a hot potato.

Outstanding video. Very informative. Totally different from other videos in YouTube. No HYPE, just relevant information.

This is all BS. It's what happens when politicians fool people into allowing idiotic infringements in our rights.

Can u ship AR uppers from person to person with no ffl dealer?

what I mean for the earlier comment is just own two upper for one lower and swapping them every now and then

Can I have two different style upper receiver with the same length for one lower receiver?

I wish I could have just been ignorantly bliss I'm not 19 but really like the ar pistol look and thought is was slick with the pistol upper my plan has been ruined🤣🤣

…. it's all as clear as mud now…, just kidding that was very informative – Thanks for taking the time to record it!!

Honestly AR pistols are pretty useless without a brace. And that adds like 100 dollars when your building one.

Well sorry to say but the NRA is moving from New York to Texas.

Does a SBR need a tax stamp?

Great video but remember when you have a tax stamp on one of your Weapons Law-enforcement can walk right into your house And they don’t have to knock That sucks in general

Buy a lower & check "firearm" box & you're set.

A Pistol braces are made for things other than ARs like charger 22s etc.

Too many commercials

What about slings? Can you put a 1 point or 2 point sling on a AR pistol? Can’t seem to find much data on this online. So my AR pistol is sling less >.>

I have a 10.5in AR with a spiked extended buffer tube the length of pull in within legal length but since it’s 29in over all I have firearm status and can mount a foreword grip..it’s my favorite AR cause it’s a big F-u to these obsolete unconstitutional laws lol great video keep up coming

Hey Jason – another great video – really appreciate you sharing your knowledge – I unfortunately live in CT so things are very difficult here – we can still buy lower receivers here but they have to be turned into “others” – would love a video with more information and options about building from lowers – thanks again!

You can tell your on to something when YouTube floods your video with 20 ads. Great video keep em coming.

I thought you measured from tip of barrel to the end of buffer tube.

Your so matter of fact ….kinda seem void of agitated by silly laws. Maybe your just well composed when explaining arbitrary mumbo jumbo

The NFA makes felons out of good CITIZENS.

So as a result of the recent hurricane Isaias, I and 6 other small farms lost a 60 foot section of our road, effectively trapping us on our farms. Trying to get funding to repair it has us stressed, despite a GoFundMepage. I save your videos as my reward for hard work everyday. Love your content, and it's always helpful!!! And BTW, I always listen until the end 😊

Another amazing and informative video Jason… keep up the great work.

9/10 on the thanks for watching pause. One of your more polished episodes. Great work.

thought youll touch a little more on the foregrip on a pistol, i know the vertical and angle laws on it, what about the little small foregrips that looks like little thumbs on the bottom and sometimes on the side of the hand rail?

The length of an AR-15 is measured from the barrel muzzle (or muzzle device if pinned & welded) to the end of the receiver extension (buffer tube). The butt-stock is not included.

I thought the ATF Form 4473 was destroyed after a period of time ? How would they know if a AR-15 was initially purchased as a rifle or pistol unless there was a permanent Government database ??

"Firearm" is helpful for people in ban states (12.5" barrel, forward grip, pistol brace, >26" OAL) like Connecticut.

If you want a rifle with a 14.5" barrel, you can get a pinned and welded flash hider as long as it can be 16.1" permanently measured from the bolt face.

The 16" barrel + 26" OAL is helpful to know when getting a bull-pup. The Tavor had to come into the states with a buttplate that was longer.

I always buy lower receivers and take a picture with a pistol buffer tube first, then I can make it into a pistol or rifle in the future and have proof that it was built into a pistol first. Pretty sure a pistol can be made into a rifle, but a rifle can't be made into a pistol.

An anecdote, with the 16in variant, if you put a pistol brace on a 16in barrel, and it's less than 26in, it's usually considered a "AOW". That's how Reno May got away with having full features on his AR 15 without registering it as an "Assault Weapon" in California.

I was told by a large dealer at the KY Knob Creek gun show that if you build a striped lower into a pistol first you can go back and forth from pistol to rifle. Is this true? I noticed that you skipped over this, was it on purpose so as to not open this huge can of worms? I always assemble all my new lowers as a pistol first and photograph it just in case I would like to change it later. I'm loving the channel and I do thank you for going all work and time involved in make videos like this.

Once a rifle, always a rifle: yes.

Once a pistol, always a pistol: not quite. You can change a pistol into a rifle and back.

It makes approximately 0 sense how a vertical foregrip redesigns it to be used with two hands but an angled foregrip does not in their minds lol. Like what do they think the point of an angled foreGRIP is? Just to be safe I just keep all grips or anything intended to be grabbed by another hand off my pistols just so it is crystal clear they were designed to only be fired with one hand.

You are correct that a rifle is stuck as a rifle, but ATF ruling 2011-4 states that a pistol receiver can be made into a rifle as long as the barrel is 16" minimum first. And then back into a pistol , as long as the stock and short barrel don't happen at the same time creating an unregistered SBR…