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4/22/2004 3:06:27 PM EDT
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
            BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
                     WASHINGTON, DC 20226

                          OCT 19 2000

                                                      903050:GKD
                                                      3311/O-697

Dear Mr. Bardwell:

This refers to your letter of June 29, 2000, asking if the
externally threaded front sight base of Romanian manufactured AK-74
rifles would be considered to be a "threaded barrel designed to
accommodate a flash suppressor."  You state in your letter that the
threading on the Romanian front sight base is unlike that of AK-74
rifles manufactured in other countries.  You further state that, to
the best of your knowledge, the Romanian producers did not
manufacture a flash suppressor for their AK-74 rifles.

If there are no flash suppressors manufactured having a threading
compatible with the Romanian AK-74 muzzle threading, then it
follows that the described rifle would not have a "threaded barrel
designed to accommodate a flash suppressor."  However, should a
flash suppressor become available in the future that has a
threading compatible with the Romanian front sight base threading,
then the rifle would be considered to have a threaded barrel
designed to accommodate a flash suppressor.

We trust that the foregoing has been responsive to your inquiry.
If we can be of any further assistance, please contact us.


                       Sincerely yours,


                           [signed]
                     Curtis H.A. Bartlett
           Acting Chief, Firearms Technology Branch


Does that ruling still stand?
The only reason I'm even asking, is because this ruling is a couple of years old and I know things can change quickly with the ATF.
4/27/2004 8:26:42 PM EDT
[#1]
Yes it still stands.  Wisely, no one has made a flash suppressor to fit these threads, so the FSB threads on these guns are good to go.

-Troy
4/29/2004 1:39:19 PM EDT
[#2]
22 mm is OK. 24 mm is not.
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