This is my first post here. This is my second AR that I've assembled. My goal was cheap cheap cheap. PSA pistol lower, PSA MPI BCG, PSA 11.5" SS barrel. Everything else is pretty much the cheapest stuff I could source. I'm under just $500 not counting the cheap cheap cheap red dot sight, $535 with. 120 rounds through it so far without a glitch. Anyhow, I have a question about measuring the OAL of the gun as I'd like to run a VFG. I've done searches and can't find a clear answer, and I'm not sure I'll get it here, but I don't want to (and will not) fire off a letter to the BATF and stir up trouble. I understand I can't use the brace, same for the muzzle device, but what about the handguard? In all the decisions put out by the BATF they cite that you can't use the brace as it is not integral to the operation of the gun, not because it is simply removable. The muzzle device can't be used either if it isn't permanantly attached, that has been a long standing rule. What about the handguard though? Yes it is removable, but it could also be argued that it is integral to the operation of the gun. Yes you can run it without a handguard, but the exposed barrel is a burn hazard and the gas tube is exposed and vulnerable to damage. I think you could argue that even though it is removable, it is integral to the operation of the gun just like the removable pistol grip is. If it is integral to the operation, just like the removable buffer tube is, can't I use it to determine my OAL? The reason I ask is that measuring the end of the buffer tube to the end of the barrel I am at 25 13/16 inches. If I measure to the end of the handguard I'm at 26 5/16 inches. I'm considering just having a welder weld a 1/4" thick piece of aluminum to the end of the buffer tube just to be safe, but I just thought this was an interesting thing to discuss.
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