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I know the whole SIG brace thing has been discussed to death, however I think this is a real concern. I have several AR pistols with SIG braces that are only practical to use in a way that is inconsistent with the latest ATF ruling letter. I have talked with several folks who are giving up, filing the paperwork to "redesign" their pistols into SBR's. I can see the reason why they have chosen to go that route, however it makes no sense for several reasons.
Number one at least in Washington, You cannot carry a concealed rifle, nor would I think you would want to carry around a concealed NFA item. Now I am not talking about packing a AR pistol in a thigh rig. I am talking about having one in a get home pack in the back seat of the car. An AR pistol is ideal for those times when you want a bit more firepower but still want to keep the whole package under wraps. Turning your pistol into a SBR makes this far more complicated unnecessarily.
The fact of the matter is I do not want a short barreled rifle. I want a pistol that in a pinch I can put up to my cheek to get a better sight picture. I also want to do my best to comply with the ATF ruling simply because I have no interest in being a test case. This latest ruling stands out as some of the most convoluted double speak that has come out of the ATF in recent years. There is no precedent for use of an item dictating its classification. (You hold it like a pistol, its a pistol. You hold it like a rifle, its now a rifle)
So basically I want a magic tag from the ATF. One that only applies to the SBR created when I hold my PISTOL to my cheek. I want to leave the SIG brace on, I want to maintain the benefits of this firearm being classified as a pistol. I dont want a SBR but evidently the ATF position is if I use my pistol in certain ways I am guilty of momentarily "redesigning" my pistol into a unregistered NFA item. So do you suppose they will grant a SBR pistol? I am assuming that as long as I leave the SIG brace attached I can claim that the firearm is in a pistol/non NFA configuration. That IF I wanted to because I have the receiver registered as a SBR I could put a stock on it and turn it into a SBR legally AND if by chance for some reason someone with nothing better to do caught be using my pistol in a way the ATF considered redesigning it into a SBR I could simply say "Its cool, I have a magic tag that lets me put my pistol to my shoulder and "redesign" it when ever I like.
Just writing this out makes me mad. This ruling makes no sense
Number one at least in Washington, You cannot carry a concealed rifle, nor would I think you would want to carry around a concealed NFA item. Now I am not talking about packing a AR pistol in a thigh rig. I am talking about having one in a get home pack in the back seat of the car. An AR pistol is ideal for those times when you want a bit more firepower but still want to keep the whole package under wraps. Turning your pistol into a SBR makes this far more complicated unnecessarily.
The fact of the matter is I do not want a short barreled rifle. I want a pistol that in a pinch I can put up to my cheek to get a better sight picture. I also want to do my best to comply with the ATF ruling simply because I have no interest in being a test case. This latest ruling stands out as some of the most convoluted double speak that has come out of the ATF in recent years. There is no precedent for use of an item dictating its classification. (You hold it like a pistol, its a pistol. You hold it like a rifle, its now a rifle)
So basically I want a magic tag from the ATF. One that only applies to the SBR created when I hold my PISTOL to my cheek. I want to leave the SIG brace on, I want to maintain the benefits of this firearm being classified as a pistol. I dont want a SBR but evidently the ATF position is if I use my pistol in certain ways I am guilty of momentarily "redesigning" my pistol into a unregistered NFA item. So do you suppose they will grant a SBR pistol? I am assuming that as long as I leave the SIG brace attached I can claim that the firearm is in a pistol/non NFA configuration. That IF I wanted to because I have the receiver registered as a SBR I could put a stock on it and turn it into a SBR legally AND if by chance for some reason someone with nothing better to do caught be using my pistol in a way the ATF considered redesigning it into a SBR I could simply say "Its cool, I have a magic tag that lets me put my pistol to my shoulder and "redesign" it when ever I like.
Just writing this out makes me mad. This ruling makes no sense
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