Franklin Arms short barreled firearm with rifle buttstock but no ATF paperwork?

[ReservoirDawg10]

I’m with FatAlbert, I bet the barrel is 16” and the 4.5” is a small sliver of steel extending into the receiver.

Makes me wonder, if welding on a muzzle device counts as barrel length, could you weld on a coat hanger to the end of the barrel and bend it back. Bend it forward to reach 16”, lol.

Doubt it with how barrel length is measured.

 

[ReservoirDawg10]

Doubt it with how barrel length is measured.

ATF Standard Method to Measure Barrel Lengths
This is ATF's standard method for measuring the length of gun barrels - it has been documented to be the case for shotguns and rifles. I haven't found anything stating that this is the standard method for handguns, but technically it should be fine.

Procedure

1. Unload the weapon.
2. Close the action.
3. Cock the action (this is important - unless cocked, the firing pin will protrude from the bolt face and may not provide the correct measurement.
4. Run a dowel rod of approximately the bore diameter, down the barrel.
5. When the rod is down as far as it will go, mark the spot where the barrel and any permanently mounted attachments end on the rod. Screwed-on attachments do not count.
6. Measure the length of the rod between the mark you just made, and the end which you ran down the barrel.

So adding a stick of metal or whatnot to the rear would not have an effect on measured barrel length.

 

[George P. Burdell]

These guys are famous for their triggers. The answer will have something to do with that...

 

[spencer60]

There's already a letter okaying this: https://www.franklinarmory.com/products/bfs-equipped-franklin-armory-xo-26-s
So how much more of a jump would it be to put a different stock on it?

I was going to say "That gun has a brace on it, so still a 'pistol'." but the VFG would still make that NFA.

It's not smoothbore since they say:

11.5” Barrel with 1/7-In. Twist in 5.56 NATO

I got nothing. How this could not be an AOW (pistol) or SBR is beyond me.

 

[fattboyzz]

Look son, a way to sell an AR 15 for more money ...

 

[wsbrown]

It doesnt actually shoot, its just for looking at. Thats the loophole.

 

[Jeddak]

Read the letter that was posted. It was a pistol initially. Adding a VFG made it a firearm. Not a pistol, not a rifle. Pistols cannot have a VFG (become AOW), but this is 26 1/8" long, so it does not qualify as an AOW.

 

[cbrady]

 

[George P. Burdell]

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Yep. This sounds right

 

[JDS556762]

Bet it will still be Cheaper just to build an SBR