USAF_Vet
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Wasn't sure if I should post this here or in NFA, it applies sorta to both.
I'm building a 9mm AR pistol consisting of a steel lower and a steel Uzi magwell. I'd like to get a set of Uzi grips to cover the magwell, but concerned that, on a pistol, it would be interpreted as a VFG, which ATF says turns it into an AOW. The magwell does not protrude in front of the lower, but it does stick down below where the magwell would be on a standard 5.56 lower.
I know on traditional ARs, the wrap around molded mag well grips are not considered a VFG, so I'm assuming it should be safe, but I can't actually find anything in the letter of the law that defines what is, and what isn't a VFG on a pistol, and therefore an AOW.
It may be a moot point as I'm at a roadblock with my design that may force me into a rifle configuration rather than a pistol, but that's another subject.
I'm building a 9mm AR pistol consisting of a steel lower and a steel Uzi magwell. I'd like to get a set of Uzi grips to cover the magwell, but concerned that, on a pistol, it would be interpreted as a VFG, which ATF says turns it into an AOW. The magwell does not protrude in front of the lower, but it does stick down below where the magwell would be on a standard 5.56 lower.
I know on traditional ARs, the wrap around molded mag well grips are not considered a VFG, so I'm assuming it should be safe, but I can't actually find anything in the letter of the law that defines what is, and what isn't a VFG on a pistol, and therefore an AOW.
It may be a moot point as I'm at a roadblock with my design that may force me into a rifle configuration rather than a pistol, but that's another subject.