PLR with Bipod Legality

[Tribal]

Apologies if this has been talked about before, but I couldn't find anything on THR after searching.

I noticed while at the range yesterday that my arm length is such that I found myself unconsciously grabbing the leg of the Harris bipod on my rifle while shooting in order to better steady it (rather than holding the front stock).

Now, I know that vertical foregrips are NFA-regulated on pistols, although bipods aren't. What occurred to me, though, is that if you extend one of the legs of a Harris bipod that you've mounted on a PLR-16, you've got a fairly workable way of controlling the gun. Is this a loophole, or would they simply say that by using the legal bipod as a grip you've violated the law (even though it would be perfectly legal to use it bench shooting)?

 

[TexasRifleman]

Perfectly legal I suspect, people do it all the time.

Did we mention today that gun laws are stupid?

Not a lawyer and all that, yadda yadda.

I guess they could try to hang you for it but that's a heck of a stretch.

People use the magwell or magazine of AR pistols all the time for the same thing.

 

[Crunker1337]

Well, the Ruger Charger is pictured all the time with a bi-pod. So I'd think that it would be safe to assume that bi-pods won't normally be considered v-foregrips, except for perhaps the grip-pod or whatever it's called.
If you really want to make sure, you'd have to contact the ATF Tech Branch, I think, 'cause I'm not a lawyer, and the above was not legal advice.

 

[Gunnerpalace]

I keep saying that one day the Charger is gonna go NFA,


Just wanna be first.