To the best of my knowledge, cheek welding is fine. Shouldering is supposedly the no-no.
To the best of my knowledge, cheek welding is fine. Shouldering is supposedly the no-no.
3/15/2016
May as well apply for an SBR stamp at time of purchase and do it right the first time.
This is an ATF "Rule Change" time bomb, likely to go off around Janurary of 2017 or thereabouts. I doubt a Clinton 2.0 administration will permit grandfathering or a waiting period in that event.
The Minority Marksman.
"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword: Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet."
-a Ch'an Buddhist axiom.
This, this, a thousand times, THIS!
Have we all forgotten that, not too terribly long ago, shouldering the Sig Brace was A-OK with the compliance branch? Then a ridiculous number of f-tards flooded the ATF with "what about my gun?" questions until they finally reversed themselves, and said "screw you all - no shouldering the brace." "Cheek weld?" Really? I think the ATF has made itself clear that the brace is only a brace when it's used as a brace. On the arm.
But, it is a lot more fun to watch someone else get arrested and charged on NFA violations so we can collectively argue how many angels can dance on the head of a pin...
I'm no expert, but it seems to me that the ATF is concerned with modification of an existing firearm. The AR pistol has a receiver extension as part of its design. I would guess you can shoot it any way you want to. Any addition to, or modification of, the buffer tube that creates what the ATF could interpret as a buttstock turns your pistol into a rifle.
It is absolutely amazing that the difference between a perfectly lawful activity and a felony is whether the "brace" touches the shoulder or (perhaps--we'll tell you after we arrest you) there is a check weld.
It is even more amazing that a permissible check weld today can become a felony tomorrow because of the administrative guidance of a mid-level civil servant.
What this whole discussion tells me (again) is that we are losing our country. Americans never used to have to fear prosecution and jail because they didn't have a permissible check weld or a part of a gun touched their shoulder. And we shouldn't have to fear them now, even if the right to keep and bear arms was not Constitutionally enshrined. The fact that the second amendment exists makes this situation even more outrageous.