Yep, can't put a pistol upper on a rifle lower without incurring all kinds of federal wrath. Doesn't have to be marked pistol although some companies make good money marking lowers with "PISTOL" and selling them, even if it is just the same rifle lower they sell otherwise. Just make sure you transfer the lower as a pistol so it is properly documented as such.
The lower is about the cheapest part of what you want to build. I just bought one with a lower parts kit for 100.00. Buy a new one and sell your old. Once you build it into a pistol you can switch back and forth from pistol to rifle back to pistol. Just can't do it rifle 1st to pistol
One more thing. You might say who will know. Truth is no one police's this law but you just put it out on this forum Not worth the risk. Top it off if you were caught you would be a felon.
If you put the 10" upper and brace on an existing rifle lower...yes, federal prison is a possibility. Once it is a rifle, you can't go back, or it's an SBR.
Your lower has to be dedicated to being a pistol, but it does not have to be marked as a pistol - mostly they don't say whether they are for a pistol or rifle.
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