1902 Carbine Stock Attachment Photos...

John Sabato · 10-08-2003, 12:20 PM

brokencase

I see one of your questions went unanswered... the one about using a late model Luger as a basis for a stocked Luger...

Only Luger/Stock combinations that have been specifically exempted by the ATF from the National Firearms Act as Curio & Relics can have a stock legally attached.

You can submit a request to the ATF to "make" a short barreled rifle (SBR) out of a Luger not specifically exempted by submitting the appropriate paperwork and pre-paying a $200 tax. Once the request is approved by ATF, then and only then can you "make" a Luger and a stock into an SBR. Any Luger can be used for this purpose and forever more the pistol has become an SBR and is subject to the full provisions of the National Firearms Act of 1934.

IF you use a barrel of at LEAST 16 inches... then you don't need to go through this process... because the barrel length is long enough so that it doesn't meet the definition of a "short barrel"... but a 16 inch barrel is a lot of steel to move reliably with Luger calibers and probably wouldn't function well... just my opinion.

I trust this has been helpful to keep you on the right side of the law.

10-08-2003, 12:20 PM	#11
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	brokencase I see one of your questions went unanswered... the one about using a late model Luger as a basis for a stocked Luger... Only Luger/Stock combinations that have been specifically exempted by the ATF from the National Firearms Act as Curio & Relics can have a stock legally attached. You can submit a request to the ATF to "make" a short barreled rifle (SBR) out of a Luger not specifically exempted by submitting the appropriate paperwork and pre-paying a $200 tax. Once the request is approved by ATF, then and only then can you "make" a Luger and a stock into an SBR. Any Luger can be used for this purpose and forever more the pistol has become an SBR and is subject to the full provisions of the National Firearms Act of 1934. IF you use a barrel of at LEAST 16 inches... then you don't need to go through this process... because the barrel length is long enough so that it doesn't meet the definition of a "short barrel"... but a 16 inch barrel is a lot of steel to move reliably with Luger calibers and probably wouldn't function well... just my opinion. I trust this has been helpful to keep you on the right side of the law. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*