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Technosavant · March 25, 2013, 05:43 PM

Just to make sure I understand: you have a 1911 carbine kit you plan to use for attachment of a sling, but do not plan to add an actual buttstock (which would make the 1911 a NFA regulated SBR). Correct?

Use an AR pistol buffer tube. It's a simple tube with no attachment point for a buttstock.

I'd personally not use a regular buffer tube with an attachment point for a stock; that might get one into trouble. But there's perfectly legal non-NFA AR pistols with short barrels utilizing a pistol type buffer tube.

Something along the lines of this.

March 25, 2013, 05:43 PM	#4
Technosavant Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO area Posts: 4,040	Just to make sure I understand: you have a 1911 carbine kit you plan to use for attachment of a sling, but do not plan to add an actual buttstock (which would make the 1911 a NFA regulated SBR). Correct? Use an AR pistol buffer tube. It's a simple tube with no attachment point for a buttstock. I'd personally not use a regular buffer tube with an attachment point for a stock; that might get one into trouble. But there's perfectly legal non-NFA AR pistols with short barrels utilizing a pistol type buffer tube. Something along the lines of this.