^^^and yet, the following is their definiton of a rifle:

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"2.1.3 Rifle. A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder and designed to use the energy of an explosive in a fixed cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled barrel for each single pull of the trigger.11 A rifle subject to the NFA has a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length."



Judging from Joeb's reported experience and discussions on other forums, the ATF does not answer this question. Perhaps they simply choose not to answer because the law does not address it. They don't want to go on record stating one way or another.

One could argue that if the law does not specify whether it is an NFA item, then it is NOT an NFA item. It probably needs to be registered as a pistol. The Savage "Striker" is a pistol.