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1/26/2012 4:17:48 AM
Hope this is the right place for this... I started my build with the idea of it being a pistol. I bought the pistol buffer from ACE, and when I started thinking about my upper, read the arguments for 7.5" vs 10.5" barrels, then noticed that people were mentioning 26" OAL to qualify as a firearm, regardless of barrel length. Actually, I saw it quite a few times 
before I realized that with a 10.5" barrel, I might be damn close. Setting the buffer tube on the floor, I'm at 14.5" to the (rough) center of the pivot pin hole, which I would figure from my memory to be roughly where the barrel starts. With a 11.5" barrel, and a flash hider, even just the A2, puts me at 26 1/4" (ish). Is this right? The way I understand it, I'd be able to have a stock or front grip or both on it then. Not a big deal, I had planned on it being a pistol anyways, and I was taught to use the magwell as a front grip @ basic. But if this is an option (without sending $200 to a government that needs to learn how to tighten the purse strings) I'd love to at least contemplate it.
Thanks in advance
before I realized that with a 10.5" barrel, I might be damn close. Setting the buffer tube on the floor, I'm at 14.5" to the (rough) center of the pivot pin hole, which I would figure from my memory to be roughly where the barrel starts. With a 11.5" barrel, and a flash hider, even just the A2, puts me at 26 1/4" (ish). Is this right? The way I understand it, I'd be able to have a stock or front grip or both on it then. Not a big deal, I had planned on it being a pistol anyways, and I was taught to use the magwell as a front grip @ basic. But if this is an option (without sending $200 to a government that needs to learn how to tighten the purse strings) I'd love to at least contemplate it.
Thanks in advance
1/26/2012 1:03:44 PM
Still no stock on it with <16" barrel, unless it's an SBR.
But it could have a 2nd foregrip without being considered an AOW, provided the OAL > 26"
But it could have a 2nd foregrip without being considered an AOW, provided the OAL > 26"
1/30/2012 6:23:46 PM
Awesome, thanks for clearing that up.... probably gonna go with the 10.5" barrel for my pistol, and no front grip.
