Vertical front grip on AR pistol?

[GumBoocho]

So far as I know, the definition of a pistol says it is designed to be operated with 1 hand. So that is the way designed & bought by you. But persons firing pistols commonly use 2 hands, standard training & procedure. So, if then you add a foregrip, you haven't changed the way it was designed. Someone might argue that now it is a new gun redesigned by you?

And adding a foregrip does not make it so you can't shoot with one hand. You just added something. Now aside from that, I don't see how it could be defined as an ANY OTHER. For an ANY OTHER is concealable. Now an AK-47 pistol is not readily concealable, neither are other pistols which are really rifles that don't have a stock & get sold as pistols (like the PTR).

Be that as it may, I would be afraid to add the foregrip because who knows how a court would rule.

 

[trainsktg]

Welcome GumB' .

I've read the ATF letters* that specifically address the pistol grip and AFG and they are clear. The earlier posts are correct. A PG on an AR (or AK) pistol is a no-no without a stamp, an AFG is good to go without.

(*I'm too lazy to post them, but they are easily googled.)

Edit: Double welcome! I'm originally from the ABE area.

Keith