would it be possible to convert the high point carbine to a handgun by making your own stock for it. Im not that familiar with hi points but ive been looking at them and id kinda like a long barreled .45 handgun cheap.
Yep. Converting a rifle to handgun creates a SBR-short barreled Rifle...and requires a tax stamp and BATF approval BEFORE you do it.If you convert a rifle into a handgun don't you have to pay a tax stamp? And go through all the atf garbage ?
Yep. Converting a rifle to handgun creates a SBR-short barreled Rifle...and requires a tax stamp and BATF approval BEFORE you do it.
It would be far cheaper just to buy a Hi-Point 45 pistol for $150
The contender/encore didnt get a pass, it is technically against the fuzz to make a encore frame that is registered as a rifle into a pistol, but a pistol registered encore can be a rifle. In states like MD where the difference between pistol paperwork and rifle is a 7 day wait a book of paperwork, a coo koo check, and a safety class the dnr/state police can and will check to make sure it is registered as a pistol. Where as a state like PA the paperwork is the same only the feds would bother you. So for this reason, every encore or contender frame I get will be registered as a pistol even if I never have intentions of making it one.A rifle cannot legally be converted to a handgun. Receivers must be specific to their use which is why you simply can't make a Mare's Laig from any old 1892 Winchester or an XP-100 from a Remington M600 carbine. This is true even if it is a barreled action and was never mounted in a stock.
An SBR (short barrel rifle) is not the same as a handgun and must wear a legal length stock.
Now if you ask me how the Auto Ordinance Thompson gets away with a removable stock or how the Contender got a pass on this legislation, I have no idea.
Assuming you don't handload, my suggestion would be to locate a .44 Magnum Ruger Blackhawk with a 7.5" barrel. Being a single action, it is "beginner friendly" and factory ammo is available from very mild "cowboy" loads to way more power than you need for deer. When, or if, you do start reloading, the .44 Magnum is one of the easiest calibers to find components for. The longer sight radius will help you to be accurate.you guys just shot my dreams down.haha.but it has to have at least a 5 inch barrel to be deer hunting legal in ohio so do u know of any cheap handgun i can get using straight walled cartridges larger than .357?...the type of action doesn't matter to me...i wouldnt even mind a singleshot
Your best bet for a straight walled, non-rimmed cartridge is still the .45 ACP (and .40 S&W), but the Hi-Point .45 has a 4.5 inch barrel length. Go buy a Rock Island Armory standard G.I. model, which I think has a full 5 inch barrel. That's your only (affordable) hope, for a non-revolver that I know of. Otherwise, buy a revolver, like the guy above me said.you guys just shot my dreams down.haha.but it has to have at least a 5 inch barrel to be deer hunting legal in ohio so do u know of any cheap handgun i can get using straight walled cartridges larger than .357?...the type of action doesnt matter to me...i wouldnt even mind a singleshot
How hard is it to convert a hand gun to a rifle