Moving from CA to MA - compliance question

[Beretta92FS]

Hi,

A friend will be moving from California back to Massachusetts towards the end of the year, after having worked there for 5 years. One of the items he wants to bring back is his M&P 15-22, the CA compliant version, this one:

Product: Model M&P15-22 Rifle (Compliant)

To be in compliance with the MA laws, the rifle obviously need to have the stock fixed, which a gunsmith can easily do.

The more important question is the muzzle device. By the looks of it, it would appear that the M&P 15-22 has a flash suppressor, which is of course illegal in MA. However, the official spec sheet for the gun lists the muzzle device in question as a "A1 style compensator", and not a flash suppressor. Here is the spec sheet:

http://www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore/SmWesson2/upload/other/PS/2012/811062.pdf

Would it be OK to bring this rifle to MA, assuming the muzzle device (which seems to be a "compensator") is permanently attached, by either welding to being pinned down?

Thanks for any input!

 

[NEVER SURRENDER]

If he's your friend. Tell him to move somewhere else. He is jumping from the fire back into the frying pan.

 

[Beretta92FS]

Already tried that, but he wants to move back to MA to be closer to his aging parents.

If he's your friend. Tell him to move somewhere else. He is jumping from the fire back into the frying pan.

 

[KMM696]

Since there are no legal standards for what makes a comp, and there is no MA equivalent of the BATFE tech branch to ask, I'd go with "If S&W called it a compensator, it's a goldarn compensator".

If I were in your friends position, I'd fix the stock, permanently attach the "A1 style comp", and call it good by MA standards.

 

[dcmdon]

is the mag fixed on his gun?

If so, then he can keep the telescoping stock and the threaded bbl with flash hider.