Threaded barrels on handguns

[Steve1968LS2]

My understanding is that in CA you cant have a threaded barrel on a handgun (like an HK MK24 for example) because CA fears the evil surpressor..

So how come AR pistols can have a threaded barrel? It's considered a pistol by CA law, yet it has a threaded barrel.

What am I missing here?..

[psssniper]

mag lock takes threaded barrel out of the equation,

don't forget having a mag lock means you can't have a mag with more than ten rounds

http://www.calguns.net/caawid/hgflowchart.pdf

[TeddyBallgame]

who comes up with all this stuff?

such confusion...sigh



don't answer my question...i know who comes up with it, just can't figure out the logic when they put it all together

[rideordie]

You have to have a magazine lock for a threaded barrel. You are right it gets confusing...

[ojisan]

The laws were written by confused people.
It's not you who has a problem...it's them.

[Steve1968LS2]

Thanks.. didn't know about the mag lock overiding the barrel threads.

Was just something I thought about today..

And you're right.. there's zero correlation between a mag lock and a threaded barrel.. gotta love this fd-up state..

[Batman]

OK, here's a hypothetical situation....

A friend has a Sig Mosquito he brought in from Arizona with a threaded barrel. The gun has issues, and needs to be sent back to Sig.

What are the potentials & ramifications that his verbotten Mosquito will not be allowed to be shipped back to Cali? Will they notify the Po-Po? Will he be able to get them to fix the gun and ship it back to him? Inquiring minds want to know!!

[Quiet]

CA summary of threaded barrels + handguns:
Threaded barrel by itself = legal
Threaded barrel installed on a semi-auto pistol that accepts detachable magazines = illegal [PC 30515(a)(4)(A0]
Threaded barrel installed on a semi-auto pistol with a fixed magazine = legal
Threaded barrel installed on a single-shot pistol = legal
Threaded barrel installed on a bolt-action pistol = legal
Threaded barrel installed on a lever-action pistol = legal
Threaded barrel installed on a pump-action pistol = legal
Threaded barrel installed on a revolver = legal