[13bravo]

I asked a while back about a mech tech upper for a 1911 pistol frame, but I do have one other question, when I get my pistol permit and finally buy a 1911, can only another pistol permit holder shoot the carbine?

Since the frame is a pistol I'm assuming that only others with a pistol permit can handle and shoot it when it is in the carbine configuration.

I ended up getting the mech tech upper at you may as well say a steal. I bought it an an auction for $25 just because nobody knew what it was, and nobody was willing to bid on it because of that.

 

[RayKnobs]

re: other people shooting your pistol

7-a. Possession and use, at an indoor or outdoor pistol range located in or on premises owned or occupied by a duly incorporated organization organized for conservation purposes or to foster proficiency in small arms or at a target pistol shooting competition under the auspices of or approved by the national rifle association for the purpose of loading and firing the same, by a person duly licensed to possess a pistol or revolver pursuant to section 400.00 or 400.01 of this chapter of a pistol or revolver duly so licensed to another person who is present at the time.

 

[Jeff]

Isn't it illegal to convert a pistol into a rifle?

 

[Cossey]

Isn't it illegal to convert a pistol into a rifle?

I believe that's only if the barrel is not lengthened properly to be considered a rifle, like with that Sig Sauer moduler pistol thing. It was declared that it'd make the pistol an SBR.

 

[RayKnobs]

Making the pistol into the carbine may be legal because the length is OK but what about going back to the pistol. You have just created a "weapon made from a rifle".

 

[Jeff]

http://www.atf.gov/regulations-rulings/rulings/atf-rulings/atf-ruling-2011-4.pdf

 

[13bravo]

I did find this on another gun site. I'm not sure how official it is. This was on AR15.com
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j85/koimprobable/guns/atfmechtech001.jpg
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j85/koimprobable/guns/atfmechtech002.jpg

 

[Jeff]

Basically the same thing the link I posted from the ATF website says. So it's OK on the federal level. What about the state level? I don't recall a law prohibiting it in the NYS penal code.

 

[13bravo]

Yeah that is the only thing that really makes me a bit leery of doing this, but I might just get one of Sarco's frame kits and leave it as a carbine.
It would only be a hopefully nice little plinker. Like I said I lucked into this at a decent price that I just couldn't refuse.

Right now I'm just starting my waiting period for my pistol permit so hopefully not too extremely far down the road I can actually get a pistol.