Ruger MK Carbine Conversion
Ares-22RCU converts your Ruger pistol into a carbine. Neat. But a 10/22 is cheaper.
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February 10th, 2009 at 9:53 am
You are totally correct. Not at all a replacement for a real rifle.
I do see this as appealing to the “cool, look what I can do” crowd.
Umm, not like I’m in that crowd. Really.
Just an objective observer. Um…Observing stuff.
February 10th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Looks like the barrel is replaced. On the MK, the barrel is integral to the receiver. I think this thing would need to be serialized, and is therefore a gun (that uses MK fire control bits), not a conversion. (Like the TacSol barrels.)
February 10th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Is that really worth the SBR tax? Not for me, it isn’t.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
no SBR tax to go from pistol to rifle.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
So you’re telling me that if I have a pistol-registered AR-15 lower, set up as a pistol, and then I later attach a longer buffer tube and put a buttstock on it, it’s not an SBR?
Note, in regards to the Ruger conversion, I am using the SBR definition provided by Chris Byrne here:
http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-not-to-have-your-life-ruined-by.html
Basically I am talking about the “under 26 inches total length in shortest fireable configuration” definition, which has nothing to do with barrel length. Wikipedia says that the OAL is tested with the stock fully extended and/or unfolded:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_barreled_rifle
So which is it? I am not one to doubt Chris Byrne, but he is the only source that I have found that lays it out that way. It seems like something the ATF would do, but does anybody have an ATF letter or other authoritative source on this issue?
February 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
If you change the upper to over 16 inches, it is not.
See the Thompson Center case as well. you can turn your pistol into a rifle but a rifle can not be turned into a pistol.
And, yes, the law is inconsistent. It’s like they make it hard on gun owners or something.
February 11th, 2009 at 2:47 am
The tac-sol barrels ruger barrels ARE firearms. I assume this is since on MKII(I) the tube carries the markings for the beasts.
The barrels on MKII/MKIII aren’t integral, just REALLY REALLY tight.
You could easily make one of these with a lathe, barrel liner, some tube, rod, and a few other things.
Same price as a charger pistol, which is $100 more than a 10/22. I’m tempted to make one…just need to check those laws.