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John, Receivers aren't registered, and the 4473 is just a transfer record. Receivers are also always transferred as "other" or "receiver" . This will be done by your FFL. Stay safe & have a great day!

Hi John and welcome to the Buds Community. It is treated as a firearm since it is Serialized. It will ship to and be transferred to your locally selected FFL Dealer. Form 4473 and background check applies unless you have a Concealed Carry Permit which would allow you to forego the background check. Cheers and stay safe!

John, you will perform the background check and transfer at the FFL dealers. If you mean is it considered a pistol or rifle it's neither until you transfer it into your name it's just considered a receiver/other. My local FFL dealer just assigns it as a pistol because you can always make a pistol into a rifle but you can't make a rifle into a pistol. So if they register it as a rifle and down the road you decide to add a pistol upper you can't without registering it as a sbr with the ATF and paying a $200 tax stamp. Now registered as a pistol you can add a rifle upper if you choose to. Hope this helps.