Does an M&P15-22 required a bullet button?

[kimmando]

I've only been a handgun owner up until now and looking at a variety of AR-like options that I can shoot at my local indoor range (they only allow pistol-caliber rifles). I stumbled upon the M&P15, but I'm unsure if it is required to have a bullet button since it is shooting .22?

[the_t0ny]

Nope, if it's a Rimfire you can use a normal magazine release.

[tonelar]

The CA Assault Weapon laws (irt long guns) only affect centerfire weapons.

[roger1022]

No bullet button required on this rifle.

[hdpauly]

Rim fire doesn't require a bullet button but I believe still a 10 round mag is required

[SonofWWIIDI]

Rim fire doesn't require a bullet button but I believe still a 10 round mag is required

Correct.

Now if you have a standard lower with a .22 upper attached the same rules apply, but I keep a bullet button on mine anyway...just in case.

[GM4spd]

Not yet.

[tonelar]

Correct.

Now if you have a standard lower with a .22 upper attached the same rules apply, but I keep a bullet button on mine anyway...just in case.

Would the presence of a BB and 11 round mag affect the status of a rimfire AR?

[GM4spd]

Would the presence of a BB and 11 round mag affect the status of a rimfire AR?

Bb would make no difference ---you still can't exceed 10 rds in the mag. Pete

[champu]

Would the presence of a BB and 11 round mag affect the status of a rimfire AR?

Per the flow chart, a fixed > 10 rd magazine only makes a rifle an assault weapon if it is semi-auto and centerfire first. So if you otherwise possess the > 10 rd magazine legally, "bullet-buttoning" it into a 15-22 doesn't trigger anything.

It also isn't a run around for the magazine law. You can't (for example) build the magazine body of a 25 round magazine into your 15-22 with a bullet button and then assemble the guts. The rimfire magazine exception on capacity only applies to tubular magazines.

[snypr]

Not yet.

^This.... just a matter of time.