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It’s about measuring a pistol, should you want to put a vertical grip on the front.

In an ATF letter obtained by firearms legal expert, attorney Adam Kraut, the ATF is no longer allowing rifle measurements to include some collapsible stocks with “stabilizing braces,” meaning that many popular sporting rifles will now be under their standard length and subject to the National Firearms Act (NFA) regulations.
 
In an ATF letter obtained by firearms legal expert, attorney Adam Kraut, the ATF is no longer allowing rifle measurements to include some collapsible stocks with “stabilizing braces,” meaning that many popular sporting rifles will now be under their standard length and subject to the National Firearms Act (NFA) regulations.

Read the letter. Kraut is an attention whore, and that is a poorly written article.
 
This is all kind of confusing. If you home build an AR pistol say with a 10 1/2” barrel and put a brace on it but no vertical foregrip is it legal or not now?
 
Thanks, one of these days I’d like to build one in 9mm but it just ain’t in the cards right now.

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If “A” is less than 26”, installing that vertical grip requires a tax stamp prior. This ruling was about OAL measuring, nothing more.
 
This is all kind of confusing. If you home build an AR pistol say with a 10 1/2” barrel and put a brace on it but no vertical foregrip is it legal or not now?

Read more: https://blog.princelaw.com/2019/07/...ipped-with-a-stabilizing-brace/#ixzz5u3CmEuFk
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Based on this letter, it is safe to say that ATF is taking the position that firearms equipped with stabilizing braces need to have their overall length measured with the brace folded or to the end of the receiver extension if the brace is stationary and non-adjustable. Adding a vertical foregrip to a firearm that has an overall length of less than 26 inches results in the making of an AOW, which is subject to the National Firearms Act.
 
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