Corny or Cool?

[Winchster]

It's a little cheaper from the manufacturer. Actually quite a bit cheaper.
http://www.mechtechsys.com/index.html

The other thing is, I don't think it becomes a "rifle" considering the stock doesn't attach to the actual firearm. This is just a really long barreled pistol kit. IANAL

[HankB]

Removing the stock would make it a pistol . . . but the forward grip (if left attached) would put it into the AOW category, wouldn't it?

And as for the CCU making the Glock frame a rifle permanently in the eyes of the law . . . how do guys with T/C Contenders legally convert from a 16" shoulder stocked carbine to a pistol and back again with no legal difficulty?

If you already have a suitable pistol, it's one way of getting a pistol-caliber carbine without getting another gun . . . but the price shown is at least twice what a basic CCU ought to sell for.

[G.A. Heath]

Removing the stock would make it a pistol . . . but the forward grip (if left attached) would put it into the AOW category, wouldn't it?

And as for the CCU making the Glock frame a rifle permanently in the eyes of the law . . . how do guys with T/C Contenders legally convert from a 16" shoulder stocked carbine to a pistol and back again with no legal difficulty?

If you already have a suitable pistol, it's one way of getting a pistol-caliber carbine without getting another gun . . . but the price shown is at least twice what a basic CCU ought to sell for.

There is actually an exemption for the Thompson Contender, as well as some exemptions for C&R stuff (some Mausers for example). IIRC the exemption for the T/C stuff is based out of a lawsuit initiated by the manufacturer.

[hirundo82]

Additionally, once you put that on your handgun frame your handgun becomes a rifle and will require a $200 tax stamp (for an SBR) to legally put the slide back on it based on the BATFE's current interpretation of the laws and regulations.

Yep. I'm a little surprised that the listing didn't have the usual weasel words "All NFA rules apply".

Its a 16.25'' barrel, no NFA rules would apply. Kinda like putting a stock on a 16'' Buntline.
Something like this however would require said stamp.
http://www.americanspecialtyammo.com/Glock_SBR_Kit.html

It would require a stamp to legally put the pistol slide and barrel back on it. The BATFE is of the opinion "once a rifle, always a rifle."

It would not require a stamp to put this kit on a Glock pistol.

No, but it would require a stamp to take it off and make it a pistol again. You might win in court (see US v. Thompson-Center Arms) but it would be an expensive fight.

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