legal length of assault rifles?

[bignateyk]

Does anyone know what the minimum length of an assault rifle is for it to be legal? Does it vary by state?

I have an AK-74 that I pulled the stock off of, and it comes to 26.5" without it.

I've read 26" as legal some places, and 30" as the legal minimum on other websites. I live in pennsylvania in case it matters...

 

[pontifex]

in PA the total length of any rifle must be at least 26" or longer
anything shorter and you need the tax stamp or something.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: pontifex
in PA the lenght of the entire gun must be at least 26" or longer
anything shorter and you need the tax stamp or something.

Cool... so I should be good to leave the stock off of it then.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: bignateyk

Originally posted by: pontifex
in PA the lenght of the entire gun must be at least 26" or longer
anything shorter and you need the tax stamp or something.

Cool... so I should be good to leave the stock off of it then.

so its just the barrel and receiver? i don't think it matters in that case. the fully assembled, working gun has to be 26" or longer.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: bignateyk

Originally posted by: pontifex
in PA the lenght of the entire gun must be at least 26" or longer
anything shorter and you need the tax stamp or something.

Cool... so I should be good to leave the stock off of it then.

so its just the barrel and receiver? i don't think it matters in that case. the fully assembled, working gun has to be 26" or longer.

yeah basically: http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/bignateyk/guns.JPG

 

[Triumph]

I was just wondering about this myself, because I know about the 26" rule, but on the other hand you can't buy an M4 with a 14.5" barrel without the permanently affixed flash suppressor. So maybe there are two rules at work here. Or maybe the AK already has a 16" barrel so its moot. Either way, I would still like a true stubby M4 with a gas piston conversion for the best post-zombie survival gun.

 

[Christobevii3]

16" barrel on rifles and like 18" on shotguns i believe.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: bignateyk

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: bignateyk

Originally posted by: pontifex
in PA the lenght of the entire gun must be at least 26" or longer
anything shorter and you need the tax stamp or something.

Cool... so I should be good to leave the stock off of it then.

so its just the barrel and receiver? i don't think it matters in that case. the fully assembled, working gun has to be 26" or longer.

yeah basically: http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/bignateyk/guns.JPG

ok, i kind of misunderstood what you meant. it might be ok. you could always throw a folding stock on there too.