someguy2800
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So there are still braced pistol configurations that are legal? Sorry, I was told it was like a 300pg document, just wondering if the KAK Shockwave made the list of approved braces or not. I doubt the ATF was so kind as to spell it out in clear and concise terms or named any specific manufacturers. I just downloaded the document, I'm gonna read as much as I can. Just wondering if anybody knows if the KAK blade is no bueno....
The KAK blade is no beuno. The rules as I read them don't specifically say that you cannot have a brace on a pistol, it basically says that such a brace cannot extend the length of pull to a length that would make it easily shoulderable, and that the brace cannot enlarge the rear surface area of the pistol. A kak blade and practically every brace that I can think of would do both of those things. I think the only way to make a brace legal now is if it was designed in such a way that it cannot extend past the end of the buffer tube, and have the rear surface of it slanted so that you could not use it to apply pressure from your shoulder.
I have two braced firearms under the following circumstances, here's how I'm understanding my options:
I have a single AR15 10.5", all other ARs are over 16".
- I can apply for a SBR tax stamp and keep my silly brace and it's not constructive? Especially if I have rifle stocks on my other AR rifles?
- The buffer tube is now a rifle stock? So any AR with a buffer tube must have a barrel over 16" or a SBR tax stamp?
My Ruger 9mm PC Charger (6.5" barrel) has a 1913 rail on the backend and I have a folding brace that mounts on the rail.
- I need to dispose/destroy the 1913 brace or get a SBR tax stamp because it's the only firearm that I can mount the brace on and it's just a hex-head bolt and 10 seconds?
This is just my understanding of it from having read through it quickely, but any brace that extends the length of pull to a shoulderable length or increases the rear surface area (in other words practically all of them) is now a stock. So you could still put a brace on a 16" rifle if you wanted because its now considered a stock. Once you have the SBR tax stamp you will be able to put whatever stock you want on it.
A functional buffer tube by itself is not a stock. It specifically calls out in the document that buffer tubes that are required for the firearm to function are allowed, but you cannot put an accessory on it that increases its rear surface area or extends it toward your shoulder. The buffer tube on your Ruger PC charger is not required for the firearm to function and will be a no go. Same would go for adapters for other guns like contenders or AK's that put a buffer tube on the back for no other reason than for mounting a brace. There was even a mention in the document that putting an A2 rifle length buffer on a pistol would not be an acceptable work around because the length of pull would be similar to other firearms designed to shoot from the shoulder.