Edit context: Hasan is calling out right-wingers for getting upset about leftists carrying guns.

  • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 days ago

    Unless that guy is a Smurf in whiteface, that is definitely more than 26". It’s probably a 16" barrel, the minimum to not be a SBR. It might be more like a 12" barrel, making it an SBR. It looks like most AR-15s are ~19" plus the barrel, so probably ~35" overall length once you include the suppressor. That’s a screw-on stock, so it’s technically removable, but so is everything else.

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      8 days ago

      Okay, so I built these. Professionally for a time. It’s probably a 10.5” barrel, because that’s basically the limit for a AR pistol. No one puts a pistol brace on a SBR, if you have a SBR, you’d run a normal stock.

      Also, the suppressor is not included in overall firearm length. Neither is the brace.

      Edit: I’ll add, what the fuck is a screw on stock? The entire buffer system runs though that tube. Nothing screws onto that. The buffer tube screws into the receiver, but, I’ve never heard of a screw on AR stock.

      2nd edit: here’s a picture of my not rifle next to my rifle. Yes, it’s pedantic, but, with people wanting to learn, I want to inform.

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      8 days ago

      The measurement is from the rear of the buffer tube to the tip of the barrel without the muzzle device (or with, if pin and weld).

      That’s also a pistol brace, not a stock at all, and it doesn’t screw on it slips over the buffer tube. The buffer tube is screwed into the lower and held on by a properly torqued castle nut and an endplate that is (hopefully) properly staked, but being that those are essential for the function of the firearm (while the brace and muzzle device are not), that is the measurement the ATF uses.

      If it’s an SBR he should put a stock on it, but since it has a pistol brace I’m betting he hasn’t filed for a tax stamp on it yet, other than the can of course.