The United States Suprime Court has already ruled tha you can in fact posses a contender carbine kit minus barrel as long as the stock is NOT put on a frame with a barrel less than 16". In other words the atf cannot say you are guilty of any so called crime(ie: short barreled rifle or shoulder stocked pistol) UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY DO SO. jUST OWNING THE PARTS IS NOT A CRIME. SO LONG AS YOU NEVER PUT THEM TOGETHER ILLEGALLY. WHAT DO YOU THINK T/C WENT TO COURT IN THE FIRST PLACE. TO GET THIS RULING AND GET IT IN WRITING!
WE CAN ARGUE ALL DAY AND NIGHT AS TO HOW A FRAME STARTED ITS LIFE. BUT THE ATF CANNOT GET YOU FOR A CRIME YOU MIGHT COMMIT. AT LEAST NOT WHERE THE CONTENDER AND ENCORE ARE CONCERNED. ITS ALREADY BEEN DESIDED BU THE 12 JUDGES WHO SIT IN WASHINGTON DC.
Jim L