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I floated this inquiry out at THR. I’m getting some interesting feedback that includes this post:

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§ 921 Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter—

(8) The term “short-barreled rifle” means a rifle having one or more barrels less than sixteen inches in length and any weapon made from a rifle (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if such weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than twenty-six inches.
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That’s from the ATF:

http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/fire-explo_pub/2005/p53004/18usc_chap44.pdf

on Page 5, Lefthand Column, Sec 8

I didn’t see a distinction between bolt action or semi-auto. I’m sure the debate will rage at THR so I will check it out over the next two days. It’s late and I am working tomorrow so I will let this one rest for now. Thanks for bringing this to my attention and again, great review.

BTW: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=161748

I think the min length of an operational firearm that shoots semi-auto has to be 30″ and the barrel has to be over 16″.

If I had a folding buttstock on the zm can i still shoot it with the buttstock folded? If no, then it’s legal. If I can then it’s a NFA rifle.

I can have a 26″ over all length pump shotgun or bolt gun because it’s not a semi-auto but the barrel has to be over 16″ still.

I think that’s the rules.

BTW, thanks for checking out my bog!

I have the AXL variant with the stock that I purchased just before Aldo handed the operation off to Para. I must agree about the recoil/muzzle rise though I chose to have the SE Vortex installed. The Vortex is not much of a brake. It did not seem to run any cleaner than the standard AR design.

I also noticed that the recoil spring does seem a little more robust. I know it was new but I didn’t recall the extra effort required to pull the charging handle in my other rifles. My observations were sort of confirmed when I had two consecutive slam fires … explained here:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=4616852&postcount=29 (read entire thread for full explanation/description … also, I had not yet realized that this was still a DI system when I posted)

Ultimately I attributed the slamfires to the low bid lot of .223 Winchester White Box ammunition. The rifle functioned beatifully with all 5.56 NATO.

Anyway, about the rifle length. A quick Google search tells me that the rifle has to be a minimum of 26″ (as opposed to 30″) when the permanently attached stock is fully extended AND unfolded. Do you have any links or further clarification on how you arrived at 30″?? Please help … anyone?

I was attempting to sell my complete kit (no lower and minus the mag) today for $1200 and my local shop wasn’t interested in it. I’ll have to look for a permanent length skeleton stock if this is really illegal to install with the folding stock.

http://firearmsandtraining.blogspot.com/2008/09/z-m-weapons-lr300-becomes-parausa-ttr.html

It’s pretty nice, it’s still DI but excess gas is vented out of the extended op rod.

I’m using a muzzle break on mine and the barrel does not rise at all. It’s not as accurate as my Noveske though as I can only get about 2 MOA out of it at various distances.

I paid about $1400.00 just for the upper with BUIS and no folding butt stock which costs $350.00!

I have the fixed length skeleton butt stock with was about $50.00.

Here’s a pic of mine:

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc212/olava1/ar15/ar15flowers.jpg

So you’re saying that the gas is still blown back into the AR bolt carrier to unlock the breech?