Will adding a sling to a 5.56 Pistol constitute conversion to a SBR?

[supernachos]

Question: So I looked at RifleGear's website and they are selling a piston 5.56 pistol for $599.

It's a great looking design by-passing the need for a buffer tube, so it looks nice and compact.

If I somehow managed to add a sling to this pistol, will that constitute converting it to a SBR ?

http://www.riflegear.com/p-2146-extar-exp-556-pistol.aspx

Thanks in Advance!

[ASD1]

A sling by it self will not make it a SBR

[gr8dragon88]

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/guides/importation-verification/firearms-verification-gca-rifle.html

SBR definition:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-barreled_rifle

[Spaceghost]

Does a lanyard make a pistol a SBR?

[rp55]

No.

[Donk310]

Does a lanyard make a pistol a SBR?

No.

[sl0re10]

Question: So I looked at RifleGear's website and they are selling a piston 5.56 pistol for $599.

It's a great looking design by-passing the need for a buffer tube, so it looks nice and compact.

If I somehow managed to add a sling to this pistol, will that constitute converting it to a SBR ?

http://www.riflegear.com/p-2146-extar-exp-556-pistol.aspx

Thanks in Advance!

I'm sorry if this has been asked and answered but I was reading the wiki for pistols that are / are not assault weapons and the forward grip part did not say vertical (just having a forward grip) and if the magazine doesn't load in the main / pistol grip... that's another check mark... so that's two when you can't really have one.

Or does that just mean you need a BB?

But yeah, pretty good price for one with the piston.

[desertjosh]

Wow thats a good price!

[blkA4alb]

sl0re10,

12276.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 12276, "assault weapon"
shall also mean any of the following:
(4) A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a
detachable magazine and any one of the following:
(A) A threaded barrel, capable of accepting a flash
suppressor,forward handgrip, or silencer.
(B) A second handgrip.
(C) A shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely
encircles, the barrel that allows the bearer to fire the weapon
without burning his or her hand, except a slide that encloses
the barrel.
(D) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some
location outside of the pistol grip.
(5) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that has the
capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.

Gotta have a fixed mag to have a magazine outside the grip of a pistol. Once the mag is fixed, you can have a threaded barrel, shroud, etc.

[sl0re10]

ok, got it.

[supernachos]

Wow thats a good price!

I think it's partially due to the AR15 lower receiver being composed of a polymer material rather than the standard aluminum.

[supernachos]

No.

Wow a beautiful single shot example ( wink ).

Dang -- that's pretty sexy piece!!!

[Bravodigger]

No it won't.

But don't give them any more ideas

[J20DB]

*Deleted* Apparently I've asked a bad question.

[bwiese]

No, why would you think there would be? CA firearms law is so complex that the range of 'covered matter'
in case law matters and CA regulatory matters is far smaller than overall grounds of exposure.

I am not aware of any case law on this specific matter.

I do personally frown on buffer tubes on AR pistols that 'look too comfortable'. A shorty pistol buffer tube is
clearly legal. If you start using a longer tube, with padding, that one can kinda-sorta "cheek up to", then
you start getting into risk areas where a metro area antigun judge can start making law by interpreting statutes
that are already fairly broad.

And don't use a SlideFire stock even on an AR rifle.