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Technosavant · March 26, 2013, 09:42 AM

OK, seeing pics of the kit, I'd stick with my recommendation- use an AR-15 pistol buffer tube. That way you definitely don't get hit with the ATF's lovely idea of constructive possession (if you have the parts to put one together, then they maintain that you have one).

Or, if you're trying to use parts just laying around, you could just take a hack saw to the buffer tube somewhere behind the threads but before the stock attachment. Then just clean up the cut... you have enough room to attach the receiver endplate (with the sling attachment) and tighten up the castle nut but it isn't sticking anything so far out the back that it gets in your way.

March 26, 2013, 09:42 AM	#6
Technosavant Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO area Posts: 4,040	OK, seeing pics of the kit, I'd stick with my recommendation- use an AR-15 pistol buffer tube. That way you definitely don't get hit with the ATF's lovely idea of constructive possession (if you have the parts to put one together, then they maintain that you have one). Or, if you're trying to use parts just laying around, you could just take a hack saw to the buffer tube somewhere behind the threads but before the stock attachment. Then just clean up the cut... you have enough room to attach the receiver endplate (with the sling attachment) and tighten up the castle nut but it isn't sticking anything so far out the back that it gets in your way.