Found a cheap AR for a friend of mine who lives in MA. It has an A2 flash hider on it that is not permanently attached. Is the A2 hider legal in MA if it is permanently attached? If not what is a legal one that I can permanently attach?
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Found a cheap AR for a friend of mine who lives in MA. It has an A2 flash hider on it that is not permanently attached. Is the A2 hider legal in MA if it is permanently attached? If not what is a legal one that I can permanently attach?
I think a rolled-up newspaper is the only currently legal MA flash suppressor.
SO the legality is based solely on how the muzzle device is named? A brake or compensator is OK but a hider is a no go?
No... IF it's a brake/comp, you're good. If the opening of the device is larger than the projectile (by more than x thousandths of an inch) then it's not MA approved. Flash 'hiders' are verboten in MA (unless for a pre-ban lower as already mentioned, or as part of a pre-ban rifle).
Then haw does the Carlson comp.. made in MA and marketed as BATFE approved fit into that?
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Carlson Mini Comp it is!!!
I just talked to Greg Carlson. He explained fully what I never realized...
The Mini Comp is like a short flash hider. It looks like a flash hider, but does not actually hide the flash so it is ok by ATF standards. There is little noise magnification like a brake. It does act like a brake to some extent.
I am so glad that I can get this. It will protect my barrel and it looks great also.
Thanks PaulD for getting me to look into the Mini Comp!
No idea... I will say that not being in the PRM makes things far easier though.
BTW, just because it's BATFE (fed) approved doesn't mean it's MA compliant.
SO is there a decent inexpensive one available? Seems like the ones I see are $50+.
If the opening of the device is larger than the projectile (by more than x thousandths of an inch) then it's not MA approved.
Where do you come up with this shit?
Read that 'if you can put your pink into the end, it's not MA compliant' before... As I've said, I don't live in the PRM. I bought my first AR in NH, after moving into NH. I don't have to deal with any of the MA crap-laws.
BTW, you should take a large gulp of chillout juice.
Read that 'if you can put your pink into the end, it's not MA compliant' before...
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SO are either of these legal? I am not about to stick anytihng in the end to see if it fits.
Phantom 5.56mm Comp/Brake - $34.00 : YHM, Yankee Hill Machine Co., Inc. | Makers of High Quality Firearms, Accessories & Sound Suppressors, Makers of High Quality Firearms, Accessories & Sound Suppressors
SO are either of these legal? I am not about to stick anytihng in the end to see if it fits.
Phantom 5.56mm Comp/Brake - $34.00 : YHM, Yankee Hill Machine Co., Inc. | Makers of High Quality Firearms, Accessories & Sound Suppressors, Makers of High Quality Firearms, Accessories & Sound Suppressors
The geniuses who made up this bullshit flash hider law did not see fit to define what a flash hider is or isn't, so the technically correct answer is "nobody knows."
With that said, for all practical purposes you are unlikely to run into legal trouble with either of those.
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Shawsheen Firearms in Billerica. Vinnie does a nice job.Can someone recommend a guy to weld a muzzle brake on an AR that works in the Lowell Mass. Area??? I need. To have 2 done.
Thanks