So long as you add your 16" barrel BEFORE you attach the stock, you're fine (and as long as you have a matching 16" barrel for your shoulder stock).
Thats what I thought, as far as the 16" barrel and stock having to go together, and the barrel technically had to go on first (though they have a pretty hard time proving differently unless the ATF was watching AS you set it up).
I just wasnt real sure if you had to ditch the short barrel or not, so they couldnt say, "well, you have a butt-stock for a pistol, and a pistol barrel for the same gun, so you
could make an illegal gun", Or saying that if you have a second 1911 the stock wuld fit on, but the barrel wouldnt, so you
could make a illegal SBR with the stock on the other 1911.
similar, but slightly different from how owning a non-nfa registered DIAS or lightning link is perfectly legal if you dont own an AR, but if you do, even if you never had them within 100yds of each other, they could still charge you because you
could make an illegal MG with it.
Just wasnt real sure on the details, since the NFA, or at least the ATF interprets and enforces it, is kinda whacky and makes little sense sometimes.Sadly, jus tcause something is for sale openly, all over the place, doesnt mean its legal to use, or even legal to own, in some circumstances.(again, DIAS and lightning links are agood example. They are often for sale on the net, or at gun shows cheap, but if you buy one, and you AR isnt a registered MG, you now have an illegal MG.
I do now recall reading that the key difference seems to be whether or not you have a LEGAL way to use everythng, vs having 2 perfectly legal things, (legal AR, and legal non-regitered LL/DIAS), but no legal use for the DIAS/LL, since you dont have a registered MG to put it in, but have an AR it
could go in, so now you have an unregistered MG.
Whole NFA just needs to go.No point to it.
justin 561-not sure if your kidding or what, but as mentioned, putting a shoulder stock on a handgun with a barrel under 16" is illegal. it becomes a short barreled rifle. You need to add a 16" or longer barrel to it FIRST. The only exception I know of is the Mauser C96 (I think the Contenders are similar too, but that there may be some sort of "catch" with those. There was a discussion on here about them a while ago, and an ATF letter that noted the distinction), and even then, it has to be an original stock. You cant buy or make a reproduction one and install it, as that would then be illegal.Dumb, but what NFA related thing isnt? Kinda like a rifle with a foreward grip is fine, and a handgun is fine, but put a foreward grip on a handgun and go to prison.Cause, you know, the grip on a handgun makes it a baby killer, but on a rifle, it makes it shoot rainbows.....