A few Desert Eagle Questions:

[Waingro]

No and No.



And there are lots of variants out there....

That is just a cut down AR-15 without a gas tube. What makes it a pistol? Because it is smaller?

[Army]

That is just a cut down AR-15 without a gas tube. What makes it a pistol? Because it is smaller?

No. The receiver was sold from the factory as a pistol---it is NOT simply a converted rifle. It has been re-engineered to operate in an obviously abbreviated platform. Notice no buffer tube, and extremely short gas tube. The tube on top, is now the recoil system, with a bolt carrier heavily modified to work totally in inside the receiver confines.

These are loud, fairly accurate, and fun as hell

[jdberger]

That is just a cut down AR-15 without a gas tube. What makes it a pistol? Because it is smaller?

It's a pistol because BATFE says it is.

They classify guns as:

• Rifles
• Shotguns
• Revolvers
• Pistols

(There are some other classiifcations that aren't germane to this discussion)

[DrjonesUSA]

It's a pistol because BATFE says it is.

They classify guns as:

• Rifles
• Shotguns
• Revolvers
• Pistols

(There are some other classiifcations that aren't germane to this discussion)

They have also officially declared a piece of string to be a "machine gun", so they aren't exactly oracles on firearms.

[jdberger]

Not sure that really counts as the AR-15 was originally designed as a rifle.

It counts...

But for the sake of argument - this one predates the DE also, and wasn't originally designed as a rifle.



Wildey, made famous by this guy...

[jdberger]

They have also officially declared a piece of string to be a "machine gun", so they aren't exactly oracles on firearms.

But you would agree that the pic of the Olympic Arms gun I posted earlier is a "pistol", no?

And since they are the regulating agency when it comes to firearms, their opinion carries some weight. You could call it a peanut butter sandwich, if you like.

[Bongos]

grease like tetra will do nicely