922r compliance on wasr 10

[trigga]

i was recently watching a youtube vid on the difference between the psl and dragonov. great vid, i was checking out his other vids when he mention he wanted to mod his ak and said something about trying to keep it 922r legal. seems a really dumb law along with others i see no reason or care for but was wondering if my wasr 10 will be effected by this compliance?

the gun is a double stack, stock as the the day i bought it (3-4 years old) besides the stain and polyurethane i put on the wood, opps i think those were imported from china too lol, j/k. couldn't find much info on the us made parts on it. I know it has a tapco g2 trigger and pistol grip which are american made. maybe barrel and piston? what else, anyone know? thanks in advance.

here is the list, does this only apply to the sporterized guns that were imported? does it even have anything to do with my gun? sporterized as redesigned for hunting?

1. receiver
2. front trunnion
3. barrel
4. gas piston
5. bolt carrier
6. bolt
7. hammer
8. trigger----------------check
9. disconnector
10. pistol grip------------check
11. butt stock
12. forearms
13. magazine body
14. magazine floor plate
15. magazine follower
16. muzzle attachment

 

[nalioth]

There are hundreds of threads here on 922r. Any gun forum that deals with imported long guns has threads on 922r.

The US parts in a double-stack WASR-10 are:

1) Trigger
2) Hammer
3) Disconnector
4) Pistol grip
5) Gas piston
6) Muzzle device (dependent on the existence of muzzle threads - not all double-stack WASR-10s have a muzzle device)

 

[trigga]

thanks, but mines didn't come with any muzzle device (muzzle break), that's a good thing right, one less part? i would guess the gun is good to go since it was sold a long time ago.

 

[nalioth]

If the gun doesn't have a specific part on it, then that part doesn't count.

 

[General Disarray]

This has to single-handedly be responsible for more confusion than anything, ever (slight exaggeration). This has been played out ad nauseum on every forum I'm on, but here's the high lights: 922r has to do with "assembling" a rifle. If you didn't assemble the rifle it has nothing to do with you as the end user. Now, a dozen or so folks who think otherwise will likely jump all over this statement I just made, but for those who's cup are not already full (think they already know otherwise) on this matter, then hear ye hear ye. All this BS about complying with 922r by buying "compliance parts" is total milarky. It has contributed well to the cofers of Tapco and others selling "compliance parts". But again, the law has to do with "assembling" a rifle, which you as the end user was not responsible for. I suggest you read the actual law yourself and not rely on half informed contributors to open web discussion groups for legal advice.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

But again, the law has to do with "assembling" a rifle, which you as the end user was not responsible for.

It would apply to people converting Saigas though right, since you strip them down to a bare receiver and assemble them in a different configuration?

 

[nalioth]

But again, the law has to do with "assembling" a rifle, which you as the end user was not responsible for.

It would apply to people converting Saigas though right, since you strip them down to a bare receiver and assemble them in a different configuration?

At one point, the "opinion" was that "inserting a magazine constitutes assembly".

Going by the crazy law, this certainly makes sense, as it's not a "fully functional" firearm without a mag in it.

 

[General Disarray]

Discussions about this have unfolded to the tune of 20+ pages here and on other forums (falfiles.com for instance), so there are certainly no shortage of "opinions" about what this law means to rifle owners. In the real world the law has only been used to prosecute a handful of individuals thus far, and they were charges added alongside of what they were actually arrested for initially which was for possession of fully auto rifles. Thus, they were also charged with violating 922r for "assembling" rifles with more than 10 foreign parts. So far this law has never been used against otherwise law abiding citizens. In terms of precedence the courts have only used it in cases against people assembling fully auto rifles.