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Cherry Bomb by Q is a Quickie Fast-Attach muzzle brake: Legal in Mass?
- Thread starter Reptile
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You do realize that the Cherry Bomb is a quick-detach muzzle device intended to be used to mount a Q suppressor, such as a Thunder Chicken, right?
That's a muzzle brake specifically for use with their silencers? Really f***ing pointless for someone in MA, or for someone that doesn't own their silencer. It also would be horrible to do a pin/weld job on.
A regular MI two chamber brake is about as good as it gets for reduced/straight back recoil impulse and its not a lot of money. I run regular A2's on my rifles, but my lowers are all pre ban.
A regular MI two chamber brake is about as good as it gets for reduced/straight back recoil impulse and its not a lot of money. I run regular A2's on my rifles, but my lowers are all pre ban.
Yes, but I'm not using it for that.
I like the way it looks and it comes with some uppers I'm looking at.
All I want to know is if it is legal.
I'm hoping that the LE would look beyond the threads and realize that its not a FLASH HIDER - which is what I'm really trying to avoid for legal purposes.
Sure it is legal, on a pre-ban lower.
On a post ban rifle it is useless. It's threaded, and pinning and welding it would put the pin/weld right in the middle of the silencer threads, making it legal, but also rendering it useless for it's intended purpose.
nstassel
NES Member
Why would pinning a threaded break make it legal if the law says no threaded muzzles?
Maybe they will prioritize what they choose to prosecute you for?
ALSO:
If I were to sell an upper with a Cherry Bomb - could I get in trouble?
I presume it's up to the buyer to make it legal and I would not be liable if he does not.
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Deleted member 67409
From a practicality standpoint, the Cherry Bomb can't be pinned and welded for two reasons: (1) there's no place for it to be done on the brake itself; and (2) if someone's trying to do a 14.5", 15" barrel --> 16", its too short. Q comes right out on their website and recommends against p/w'ing the Cherry Bomb.
Given how @Reptile has a penchant for Noveske, I'm assuming this is what he's interested in:
03000343
Noveske 16in Gen III Upper Receiver, 5.56, Recon, Nsr-15, M-Lok, Stainless Steel, Cherry Bomb MB, 03000337 — Color: Black, Finish: Anodized, Fabric/Material: Stainless Steel, Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO — 3000337 — $71.25 Off
I would just... get a different upper or build my own.
The only argument I could see would be in the text of the law itself, which reads as follows;
(iv) a flash suppressor or threaded barrel
designed to accommodate a flash suppressor;
Is a silencer a flash suppressor? In function, yes. But under MA law and US law, a "silencer" is a different item from a "flash suppressor". I wouldn't want to have to make that argument, or pay for you to try to make that argument... but the cherry bomb is only designed to thread on a silencer, or a linear compensator. I don't believe there is any flash suppressor built to fit its threads, and it certainly wasn't "designed to accommodate a flash suppressor". I would assume arguing that would be pissing in the wind, however.
Rumor has it he owns his wants to join their mounted (Ruckus) division. For parades and that sort of thing. He already has his own windbreaker.
You could put this device on top of the Cherry Bomb:
liveqordie.com
BOTTLE ROCKET
"Yo dawg, I heard you like muzzle brakes for your muzzle brake?!" The Bottle Rocket is an enhanced brake for use with our Cherry Bomb muzzle brake. On top of that, it also serves as a sexy-ass thread protector for your Cherry Bomb when not hosting a silencer.
liveqordie.com
You could put this device on top of the Cherry Bomb:
BOTTLE ROCKET
"Yo dawg, I heard you like muzzle brakes for your muzzle brake?!" The Bottle Rocket is an enhanced brake for use with our Cherry Bomb muzzle brake. On top of that, it also serves as a sexy-ass thread protector for your Cherry Bomb when not hosting a silencer.
Ah I forgot about that. So it takes a silencer, a linear compensator, and a muzzle brake. And was designed to do so.
The real question is, when will Q make something fashionable (like in black) so I can get into their QD system.
You’re like the Energizer bunny ![[rofl]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/013.gif "ROFL [rofl]")
These QD brakes are actually pretty great. The flash hider equivalent, not so much...
The only beef I have with them is that they're all fancy schmancy case hardened colors and I really, really don't like my guns to look like Liberace put his gold pinky ring on the end.
Not if you pin and weld the damn thing because you'd have to drill and weld right in the middle of the threads.You could put this device on top of the Cherry Bomb:
BOTTLE ROCKET
"Yo dawg, I heard you like muzzle brakes for your muzzle brake?!" The Bottle Rocket is an enhanced brake for use with our Cherry Bomb muzzle brake. On top of that, it also serves as a sexy-ass thread protector for your Cherry Bomb when not hosting a silencer.
AHM
NES Member
Dammit!
I clicked the link and now they're coming for me!
Same/same?I was thinking it’s more meth related. lmaoYou’re like the Energizer bunny
Mesatchornug
NES Member
Hey, if it's good enough for our giant robot, it must be good enough for reptile's investment grade uppers that will never actually get mounted on a rifle anyways
JDL
NES Member
It still makes your barrel a threaded barrel. It could only be OK in Mass if you machined the threaded part off and it will have to be pinned and welded. This is a total waist of money and time and doesn't even make sense. There are a lot of other brakes on the market
dcmdon
NES Member
The law says
So Its legal. Provided its "permanently affixed" to the threaded barrel.
This is not useless in certain use cases. A person has a rifle they wish to keep in MA but owns a home in NH and keeps a Q silencer in NH. Yes, its a pretty limited use case. but its there.
- Flash hider or threaded barrel designed to accommodate one
So Its legal. Provided its "permanently affixed" to the threaded barrel.
This is not useless in certain use cases. A person has a rifle they wish to keep in MA but owns a home in NH and keeps a Q silencer in NH. Yes, its a pretty limited use case. but its there.
In God We Trust
NES Member
It matches his van.
