5" Flash Supressor

[renegade464]

Ok, so I had a AR-Pistil built with a 10.5" barrel. Wanting to put a stock on it now, however do not want to pay the 200 buck for the fedral stamp.

I have heard that the 5" flash supressor makes it legal at the prescribed 16".

I have to have it permanently attached, no biggie, is this true? welcome.

 

[The Bubba Effect]

Good question

 

[r6vr6]

The barrel has to be 16" min. So if you have a flash hider that gives you a barrel length of 16" and it is permanently attached you are good to go.

Obviously there will be draw backs to this over a 16" barrel (slower velocity,
louder, fixed muzzle device make certain changes difficult) You may want to try to trade it or sell it and put the money towards a 16".

I'd SBR it though. I love my 11.5" SBR.

 

[mjrducky]

Ok, so I had a AR-Pistil built with a 10.5" barrel. Wanting to put a stock on it now, however do not want to pay the 200 buck for the fedral stamp.

I have heard that the 5" flash supressor makes it legal at the prescribed 16".

I have to have it permanently attached, no biggie, is this true? welcome.

Well just to be technical... a 10.5" barrel with a permanent 5" flash hider comes to 15.5" and is short of the required 16"

But your on the right track and yes it has been done.

 

[CountryBoy19]

IMHO, everybody needs at least one SBR lower... it opens the doors up to so many more possibilities. You can have multiple uppers for one SBR lower. It's $200.


If you still don't want to go that route, do as others mentioned and get a full 16" barrel. By perm attaching a flash suppressor you're probably going to invest about half the cost of a new barrel (or the $200 tax stamp) into a barrel that now has the down-sides of a short barrel (louder, less velocity etc) and it also has the downsides of a long barrel (less maneuverability, heavier). I would just skip that morning coffee for a few weeks and pony up for a new barrel or a tax stamp, either way you'll be much better off.

 

[ryknoll3]

If it's a decent barrel, in decent shape, you could recoup some of the money for a new barrel by selling the 10.5". I agree that having a 10.5" barrel PLUS a flash hider to bring it to legal is a bad combo. SBR it or replace the barrel.