
Originally Posted by
Army Chief
I understand what you're saying, though my initial reaction pretty much mirrored markm's. Unless you're just starting out as an AR/SBR owner, you've probably got enough hands-on time with other configurations and carbines to have a pretty good idea what a certain component is or is not going to do for your setup. Even where that might not really be the case, it seems unlikely that you're going to glean a lot of useful information from test fitting something for five minutes while standing next to a table at the typical gun show. Not impossible ... just unlikely.
Since it is a fair assumption that most NFA owners aren't going to be looking to sell their SBR on the spot, there is really only one other logical assumption, and that is simply that the owner is looking to show off a bit. That might not always be the case, but it does follow a certain logic, since most experienced NFA owners have long since learned that discretion is the better part of valor, and they are far more likely to keep the weapon cased, or otherwise away from prying eyes and do-gooders who view it as their civic duty to hassle folks over their paperwork.
None of this is meant as a pre-judgment of your specific situation, but unless you happen to be walking around at Knob Creek, you can pretty much expect most trained observers to spy your SBR and presume that you are either very green, or someone in search of validation -- neither of which will do much to help in the credibility department.
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