Question: can I buy a barrel + slide for my registered pistol from the web?

[valkyrie_rider]

Gentlefolks

I'm considering buying a conversion kit (22LR) for one of my pistols and found one for a good price online.

The vendor says a FFL is not needed, but California gun law is a byzantine maze built on purpose to criminalize citizens.

So I got ask: are we allowed to buy a barrel + slide + magazine from the web? (as long the magazines are restricted in size i.e. max 10 cartridges) and it is not a threaded barrel?

[theLBC]

yes, the registered part is the fcu, and you can have conversion kits shipped to your home from places like osage county...
some kits aren't sold with 10rd mags, so places like osage will swap them out so it is legal.

of course, it has been a while, so not sure if shippers still are okay.

[Full Clip]

Slides, magazines and barrels are not serialized parts.
Buy as many as you can afford.

[G-forceJunkie]

Yes

[valkyrie_rider]

Another question: what if the barrel is threaded?
:-(

[TKM]

Not so much.

That would make a it an assault weapon. Lets you use a suppressor that you can't purchase in this state and stuff.

[Quiet]

So I got ask: are we allowed to buy a barrel + slide + magazine from the web? (as long the magazines are restricted in size i.e. max 10 cartridges) and it is not a threaded barrel?

Yes, this is still CA legal.

Another question: what if the barrel is threaded?

Summary for threaded barrels in CA:
Threaded barrel not installed on a firearm = CA legal.
Threaded barrel installed on a RAW = CA legal.
Threaded barrel installed on a shotgun = CA legal.
Threaded barrel installed on a rifle = CA legal.
Threaded barrel installed on a revolver = CA legal.
Threaded barrel installed on a break-open pistol = CA legal.
Threaded barrel installed on a bolt-action pistol = CA legal.
Threaded barrel installed on a lever-action pistol = CA legal.
Threaded barrel installed on a pump-action pistol = CA legal.
Threaded barrel installed on a semi-auto pistol that has a fixed magazine with a capacity of 10 or less rounds = CA legal
Threaded barrel installed on a semi-auto pistol that does not have a fixed magazine = CA illegal assault weapon. [PC 30515(a)(4)(A)]
Threaded barrel installed on a semi-auto firearm, that is not a pistol or rifle, that has a fixed magazine with a capacity of 10 or less rounds = CA legal.
Threaded barrel installed on a semi-auto firearm, that is not a pistol or rifle, that does not have a fixed magazine = CA illegal assault weapon. [PC 30515(a)(9)(G)]

[valkyrie_rider]

Thanks all for the information, I really appreciate it.

22LR sounds like a good route to save some money given that 9mm is so damn expensive in these days.

[W62vette]

Threaded Barrel Description

Looking at the description for a threaded barrel under PC 30515 (a)(9)(G), should this be added as one of the criteria defining an AW in the "CA Semiauto Ban(AW)ID Flowchart"? Seems to say if it does not have a fixed magazine, just having a threaded barrel makes it an AW.