Dicks had a meltdown, for good reason.

[onlinebiker]

You would not need to buy a new gun. Just the lower reciever.

Those can be bought at most gun shops for less than $75.

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I used my Bushmaster lower when I bought my .450 Bushmaster upper. It's my new deer hunting rifle.

I got an Anderson Manufacturing reciever from a friend for some custom work I did for him. i then ordered a stock, buffer tube and internal parts kit and assembled a new lower for my .223 upper. Cost $150. It would have been another $50-75 if I had to buy the lower reciever.

No machining required.

OK, the impression I got from Anomalocaris' post (the mount for the barrel, the trigger group, and the bolt carrier) is that not just the lower gets the torch. Did I misunderstand it? Does what is destroyed only involve the lower? If so, it's a joke. I don't know what to believe, atm. Not being all that familiar. I do have some firearms, but they're just pop guns like a .22 semi-auto and a pistol or two, and a .22 pump...and a 12-ga breech loader. Might be some more. I'd have to go stroke the dial on the gun safe to be certain. 

Oh, yeah, there is also a neat little .32 ACP with the latest patent # from 1929. Shit, I'm one of them. Guess I need to go climb into a bell tower and ejaculate some lead. 

You sorta got it right - the wrong way.

The trigger group is the lower reciever. The barrel mount and bolt carrier are parts of the upper and not serialized. If I am not mistaken ATF does not want them torch cut - but bandsaw cut. Reason - they want to be able to identify the unusable parts. If you used a torch - it would make a puddle. Hard to identify a puddle.

But - all the internal parts, buffer tube, stock - and the entire upper can be salvaged and sold as parts.

Upper recievers can be bought and sold with no FFL paperwork. Only the lower requires a 4473.