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Posted: 3/30/2003 3:22:03 PM EDT
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I have Bushmaster M4 ar15 I understand the rules for the preban/postban concerning the collapsable stock. My wife likes to shoot the Bushmaster but the stock gives her problems cause she is small in build. While the stock is fixed so it can't collapse, could the stock be totally disassembled and reassembled a little shorter? I have been told, given enough determination you could get the stock to collapse. Any suggestions on this? I am not trying to make it readily collapsable, but if I could take it apart and put it back together shorter it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
| Thet now make a "stubby" stock which is the same style as the A2, only shorter. It is also legal to put on a post-ban gun. It considerably shorter than the one you have now. It is almost as short as a fully collapsed stock. I do not know why it is legal to put on a post-ban gun and a collapsible is not, but this much I know is true. Try Bushmasters website. www.bushmaster.com |
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The concept of swapping in a not readily collapsable stock is sound but not it doesn't exist in the stock you have now. It wouldn't/shouldn't adjust at all. I you could get a full length A2 fixed stock and swap in a stubby RRA stock by one screw back and forth. Not really practical though. Also, you can get a pre-ban collapsable stock, fix it in the smallest setting with a pin and epoxy and swap that back and forth with a CAR stock wrench. Wish I could tell you something better than that. -Mark |
| It's definitely possible to take apart the fixed telestyled stock, cut down the buffer tube, re drill holes for the set screw and pins and have a shorter stock. The question is, "is it legal." For that I have no answer. From where I see it, it should be, because it still is a fixed stock, but again, I'm not sure what the BATF says about it. |
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i just went through this, i had a colapsable stock that i pinned and glued to make it a fixed stock, i called the seattle BATF office and talked to the lead agent in the firearms technical office. he stated that as long as i had pinned and glued the stock so that it was permanently fixed in one position that it is legal. i then called the portland BATF office and talked with the lead agent on duty and he to confirmed what the seattle agent had told me, my stock is legal since it has permanently been fixed into one position. the BATF are the ones who enforce the federal laws on this topic, so im comfortable with my stock now. |
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