Under US law, does adding a machine gun conversion kit (switch) to a pistol make it a machine gun for the purposes of attaching a grip+stock legally?
The switch is a registered machine gun on its own merit, so yes once applied to a Glock the Glock is now a machine gun. Machine guns can have any barrel length as you stated. If the switch is removed from the Glock while it still has a stock/foregrip then it is now a SBR. It is that retarded
as @Akran stated, a conversion kit as per your example "transforms" the pistol into a machinegun. a "machinegun" is legally distinct from a "firearm", "shotgun", "pistol", "rifle", "destructive device" or "suppressor".
I'd go with different ones. I have two that are pretty similar (16" pencil profile/mid gas), but one has been kitted out for more rough and tumble stuff with a 30mm tube dot, light, etc. and the other is a more purpose-built lightweight run n gun toy (KP-15, JPE buffer, adjustable GB) with one of the PA 5x micros and an offset dot. The other ARs are a 18" faux-SPR wearing a 4-16x plus an offset reflex and an 18" .308 AR-10 with a similar 4-16x, both with bipods and fixed stocks.
KDS9c is "okay" but not worth the money imho. DWX is pretty good if you stick with 124gr ammo and aren't prone to limp-wristing. it's an improved Para P-10. i've heard good things about the Wilson EDC, but no "wow" factors. Fusion Riptide i also hear positive stuff about.
I don't even like bullpups but that's a very cool rifle to own. You're an alright guy. If we ever hang out, the club sandwiches are on me.
I've finger-fucked a WC EDCX9 and I own a Dan Wesson DWX. The EDCX9 had a great trigger, especially the reset. It also had that very crisp thumb safety action one sees on WC pistols. Their mags are priced very similarly to pistols like the Sig 320, S&W M&P, Beretta 92, etc.
Personally, going against the grain, I'd go with .40 S&W. You can always find ammo, even during shortages, and there's plenty of pistols of all sizes in it. Ammo capacity isn't bad either, 15 is common. And while hit probability is important, 40 does have more power in general, plus a bigger hole.
The Beretta 93r is actually a pretty good compromise. You still get a burst, bit since it's limited combined with the muzzle brake, you can actually hit shitRate reduction is one way, like the doodad inside the pistolgrip of the Vz.61 Scorpion, keeps the cyclic rate very tolerable. Given the (sadly cancelled) 9mm Parabellum version which Ian showed off, this works pretty well even for a blowback 9mm gun, you just can't one-hand that one in full-auto like you can the original .32 (but it can still be shot like a pistol in semi).
Otherwise, I think the Beretta 93r is one of the best approaches. Vent the muzzle, provide a very secure folding foregrip setup which is integral to the trigger guard (which you hook your thumb through, not gonna lose that grip), and limit the gun to Safe/Semi/Burst. You've got a solid enough forward point of contact, and you'd only ever be able to let off three shots at once, letting you keep the gun in control even with a very high cyclic rate.
I imagine that it's one kind of weapon which could benefit from having a laser in case you wanted to use it without a stock (but regrettably, I'll never get to test that theory out). You could definitely also make improvements on the 93r as a concept, but it will detract from the critical Beretta/Robocop sex appeal.
Most people in the west don't have much experience with the newer hyper-cheap Norinco AKs I think. I figure they sell them to smaller and not very wealthy armies, guerillas and tinpot dictatorships probably. The entire marketing idea seems to be to undercut old Warsaw Pact surplus, because they won't be able to compete price wise with building to the same standard.
Being born in a country which was ruined by Communism, or being in an Asian or Middle Eastern country which is the throes of war. Would not be surprised if those things were sold to one or more factions fighting in Syria when it went tits up. Remember, some resorted to that shipment of old Stg-44s because they needed all the guns possible.
I’ve got 3 builds. A 16” M4gery, a 20” for longer ranges and a 350 legend 16” barrel as a ranch rifle.
I hope this leads to some common sense gun control.
same build but with different anime stickers on each one
That whole situation was dripping with the California attitude.
