Handguards for LMT 10.5 upper
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Anytime, and welcome to THR. I've learned a lot here thanks to the knowledgeable members/mods.
Also, here is a link showing some mid-length rails on a 10.5" upper just incase your looking around.
http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=442591&highlight=AR+SBR
Also, here is a link showing some mid-length rails on a 10.5" upper just incase your looking around.
http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=442591&highlight=AR+SBR
They fall under the National Firearms Act of 1934 laws concerning short barrel rifles. They have to be registered with the BATFE and you pay a $200 tax. Unless you are putting it on a pistol build...
Or you could permanently attach a loooong flashhider and replicate the Colt Commando look. But I think having a very short barrel with the length made up by a flashhider permanently attached to be very useless. If it's gotta be 16" long, might as well make that length useful barrel.
Don't forget you are losing a good chunk of velocity with that short barrel.
Or you could permanently attach a loooong flashhider and replicate the Colt Commando look. But I think having a very short barrel with the length made up by a flashhider permanently attached to be very useless. If it's gotta be 16" long, might as well make that length useful barrel.
Don't forget you are losing a good chunk of velocity with that short barrel.
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Or, just slap it on a "pistol" lower. Then you are good to go, without registering. Of course, that's assuming your local and/or state laws are ok with it.
Pistol lower- never had a stock put on it. You buy it just like a Glock and must be 21 to buy from a dealer. An AR pistol is usually considered a toy of limited usefulness.
Rifle lower- has a stock, standard lower.
Incidentally, you can't buy stripped lowers from a dealer if you are under 21.
Look, you are better off waiting for an upper with a 16" barrel (or 14.5 with permanent flash hider) to come around. Look for one from Bravo Company, Sabre Defense, LMT, Colt, Charles Daly...
You may very well have to go on backorder, too.
Rifle lower- has a stock, standard lower.
Incidentally, you can't buy stripped lowers from a dealer if you are under 21.
Look, you are better off waiting for an upper with a 16" barrel (or 14.5 with permanent flash hider) to come around. Look for one from Bravo Company, Sabre Defense, LMT, Colt, Charles Daly...
You may very well have to go on backorder, too.
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Hell no!
Get the ATF tax stamp and get an 10.5" AR they are awesome!
To summarize:
10.5" barrel, with stock, no $200 tax stamp = Federal felony, $15,000 fine and/or 10 years in Federal pen (something like that).
10.5" barrel, no stock, gun declared as a pistol on initial 4473 = legal
10.5" barrel, stock, registered as SBR with $200 tax stamp = legal
10.5" barrel, permanently attached 5.5" flash hider (usually pinned and welded), stock or no stock = legal
10.5" barrel, with stock, no $200 tax stamp = Federal felony, $15,000 fine and/or 10 years in Federal pen (something like that).
10.5" barrel, no stock, gun declared as a pistol on initial 4473 = legal
10.5" barrel, stock, registered as SBR with $200 tax stamp = legal
10.5" barrel, permanently attached 5.5" flash hider (usually pinned and welded), stock or no stock = legal
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