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Pistol Braces Are Gay!

DRAM40A1

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    Until you are the one using one! ?

    I mocked up the Mega 308 Pistol this afternoon. Waiting on the 12.5” Bartlein barrel and I guess I’ll find out if it will run.
    Is there a max length of pull on an AR pistol????
     

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    I've never seen a length mentioned, I've only read/heard that rifles have stocks and pistols have braces. As long as it is wearing a brace and has a barrel under 16"s then it is a pistol. Also, the lower cannot have been classified as a rifle at any time in the past.
     
    I've never seen a length mentioned, I've only read/heard that rifles have stocks and pistols have braces. As long as it is wearing a brace and has a barrel under 16"s then it is a pistol. Also, the lower cannot have been classified as a rifle at any time in the past.
    Actually you can make it a rifle and back to pistol configuration, as long as it was a pistol first.
     
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    Another notable rule is the 26" rule.
    If you have a non rifle (meaning it does not have a shoulder stock) and is over 26" (not included in measurements is muzzle devices, and if it has a folding "brace" it is measured folded) with the non folding brace extended you now have a "firearm" (think of the Shockwave shotgun. 14" barrel but not a sbs) and not a pistol. So if you excited the legally measured length of 26" you can have a vertical grip.
    But keep in mind if your state allows you to have a loaded pistol in a vehicle but not anything else you can't have this loaded because it's no longer a pistol in the eyes of the law. If you do exceed 26" and do not have a vertical grip you still have a pistol.
    Also as I understand the law you can have a pistol with a barrel any leangth you want. It's still a pistol as long as it does not have a vertical front grip or a shoulder stock.

    So for you guys who what a sbr type but choose to use a brace to avoid paperwork (or waiting for approval) keep that in mind.

    This is my personal understanding and in no way legal advice......