National ATF reverses stance on shouldering pistol braces!

[F2CMaDMaXX]

Breaking News: ATF Reverses Its Stance On Shouldering Stabilizing Braces - The Firearm Blog

Now i feel like a nice AR pistol with a Sig brace

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[Diamondback]

Enjoy it while you can, they'll probably flop this flip again soon...

BATF*ckers, always trying to play Gotcha Games.

 

[FA9]

Read somewhere that the atf reversed their opinion on shouldering a pistol brace but only for sbtactical brand braces.

Here comes the pistol builds

 

[308]

Link or it didn't happen

 

[bbbass]

Hmmm, we'll see I guess.

 

[Norwestr55]

Heres the latest until they change their minds again anyway.
Crap, i don't know how to link to a pdf, its in this article.

ATF: It's Now Legal to Shoulder an AR-15 Pistol Equipped with an SB Tactical Arm Brace - The Truth About Guns

 

[etrain16]

Well I was about to press send on the link to the article, but Norwestr beat me to it. Looks legit though, but ONLY for the SB Tactical brace - not for any other maker. Something tells me those braces are going to sell out quickly.

So, here is a video on it:

I wonder though, if that's only the brace for the MPX? Or for their other braces??

 

[bbbass]

Sounds like lobby $$$ in action. What do they have against KAK Shockwave?

 

[orygun]

Nice. Very nice.

 

[etrain16]

So, reading the article on TTAG, it appears this new clarification is specific to the SB Tactical brace, and does not (yet) apply to Sig or KAK.

Here is a link to the ATF's new letter - specifically directed to SB Tactical: https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/w...es-Stabilizing-Brace-Letter-Final-3.21.17.pdf

So, reading the paragraph below, can we now assume this ruling applies to all braces? Including Sig and KAK??

Here is the key paragraph in the letter:



The ATF's interpretation of 2015 was, in their own words, incorrect. Damn, I hope that holds, I've got a pistol build I'm about to finish and daddy wants to shoulder that bad boy without a damn $200 stamp!

 

[Diamondback]

IIRC, the Sig brace *is* SB Tactical's design.

 

[orygun]

Making a braced pistol of any kind legal would be fantastic.

 

[Kruel J]

Hey, I'm on board with this as well. I have a completed AR pistol with a KAK Shockwave that just screams for me to shoulder it. I have actually. In the privacy of my own home. Unloaded. Just for fitment and testing purposes ONLY.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

hopefully the shockwave blade stabilizer is next to be ok. it doesnt come with an arm strap so would adding one redisgn it? i know a guy who made an end cap for holding the letter that shockwave sends with their stabilizers...is that a redisign? HMMM

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

Hey, I'm on board with this as well. I have a completed AR pistol with a KAK Shockwave that just screams for me to shoulder it. I have actually. In the privacy of my own home. Unloaded. Just for fitment and testing purposes ONLY.

you rebel,you!

 

[Diamondback]

If I actually thought ATF could be trusted, I might consider fitting a brace onto my pistol build so I could strap a couple mag-carriers to it...

 

[Norwestr55]

It looks to me that it applies to all braces in general not just the Tactical Brace as long as it hasn't been reconfigured to be used as a shoulder stock. But I've never been accused of being a lawyer.

 

[etrain16]

Hey, I'm on board with this as well. I have a completed AR pistol with a KAK Shockwave that just screams for me to shoulder it. I have actually. In the privacy of my own home. Unloaded. Just for fitment and testing purposes ONLY.

 

[Kruel J]

You betcha etrain! And honestly, you CAN fit rifle lowers to pistol uppers and so forth, for testing purposes only as long as you don't actually fire them that way.

 

[etrain16]

You betcha etrain! And honestly, you CAN fit rifle lowers to pistol uppers and so forth, for testing purposes only as long as you don't actually fire them that way.

Mmmm, if this holds true, I'm going to need another upper!