[DystruktoBoi1]

Okay, not to hi-jack this thread but in the same vein, different rifle. I've got a 1942 GI M1 carbine with the standard full stock. using the information above, I can put a folding stock on it correct? this would be a current manufacture aftermarket repro folder If so, how come no one will ship a folding stock to NYS?

No one will ship it to NY to avoid anyone putting it on a post ban gun and trying to hold the company liable, your M1 Carbine is a preban rifle, I also have a Universal, it was a 70s reproduction, that too is a preban rifle, to my knowledge you cannot buy an M1 Carbine made after '94 because they stopped making them in the late 70s.

As for the OP, any rifle with a date stamp on the receiver is exempt from all the stupid AWB laws, with ARs it is the date on the lower assembly, keep in mind that some rifles have an import serial number on them on top of the manufacture date, if the rifle was made in the 80s but imported and made into a "US" rifle AFTER '94, it is not preban, this is usually the case with AK47 clones like the WASRs.

So both of you guys have American manufactured (which means no import date worries) pre-1994 rifles, you guys can put whatever the heck you want on them. Keep in mind that a magazine for either rifle is considered a totally separate part and that owning a post ban magazine with a higher capacity of more then 10 rounds is a totally different issue and a different crime, the "high capacity" magazine law has nothing to do with the manufacture date of the rifle it is used in, keep that in mind.

 

[DystruktoBoi1]

Thanks. they actually pay people to dream this shat up, eh?

They sure do, I think this state conspires to try and make law abiding citizens screw up one of these backwards laws and make revenue fining them. Any other questions do not be afraid to ask people on here, it has been asked before in other threads but if you can't find the other threads in the search feature up top, we would rather you ask then end up in jail.

 

[DystruktoBoi1]

To the best of my knowledge, the rifle would have to have been configured as an "assault rifle" before the ban took place. It'd need the three evil features required. I know they come with flash hiders and detachable mags from the factory, so just make sure it has the bayonet lug on it as well and then you're good to go 100%. Not many people know this, but if a manufacturer made, say an AR lower before the ban took place and it was not assembled as a rifle before the ban, then the receiver is still technically not pre-ban.

I did not know this, M1's may in fact not be folding stock applicable then?

 

[DystruktoBoi1]

This is not entirely true. Some manufacturers, like Colt or Springfield Armory, can tell you what the configuration of the rifle was when it left the factory.

Here is an interesting read on the topic from Olympi Arms...

Is my Olympic Arms firearm a Pre-Ban?

They could tell u how it left the factory in say 1992 as just a lower, but they cannot account for weather or not it was put into a rifle in those 2 years til 1994

 

[DystruktoBoi1]

Playing devil's advocate, whose responsibility is it to prove it was "evily" configured prior to 9/13/94?

By the word of the law it is the prosecutions responsibility to prove anyone guilty or they are innocent. Innocent until proven guilty, it is your right.