What is the legality of completing an 80% receiver?
Folks are always concerned about this. A lot of misinformation is floating around out there about building your own guns. Many FFL’s aren’t even sure about the legality of such a thing. The question of their legality was posed to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms about this. Here’s a link to what they had to say: http://www.chesapeake.net/~mcfadden/bigtoys/law/1.jpg http://www.chesapeake.net/~mcfadden/bigtoys/law/2.jpg http://www.chesapeake.net/~mcfadden/bigtoys/law/3.jpg The short answer is, if you can legally own a pistol, you can legally complete an 80% pistol frame. Ie, 21 years old, and could pass a 4473 plus background check. (John M. points out that an 18 year old can own a pistol but can’t buy one, so it may be possible for an 18 year old to make an 80% pistol, depending on state & local laws.) Rifle 80% frames must meet the rifle requirements (18+, 4473 or local equivalent, etc) There’s no Federal requirement to register it, your state may vary on their interpretati
