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dust_101 · 09-24-2007, 06:10 PM

One other thing to add, the NY State hi-cap law as it applies to the AR-15 allows you to have pre-ban mags. Pre-ban meaning mags that were made before the Federal (and NY State) AWB and were purchased before that time as well. Again, as to how to prove when it was bought is one thing, as to when it was made, that is easy enough to prove.

There are Colt 20 round mags that have the 5 or 10 round limiters welded in there, if you want the look of a normal mag without the legal trouble.

As for the parts, just make sure you have either an A2 style stock, or a pinned/fixedA4 style that cannot collapse... and weld that compensator on, openly threaded barrels are a no-no (I went with a LWT post-ban colt barrel just to be safe)

I am not a lawyer, I do not play one on TV.

John A. · 09-24-2007, 11:14 PM

This should shed all the light anyone would want to know about Federal and state laws.

http://www.oa2.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5436

darkvibe · 09-25-2007, 05:39 PM

I'm about to build an AR in NY state and have been researching the laws. Everyone covered everything here pretty well.

Bree · 09-25-2007, 07:39 PM

These guys on XDTalk know their stuff. That's the fact. I am amazed everyday by some new little piece of info I find here.

jbrodsky · 09-26-2007, 11:40 AM

awesome darkvibe... what's the specs for the rifle you are going to build?

darkvibe · 09-26-2007, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jbrodsky

awesome darkvibe... what's the specs for the rifle you are going to build?

Not 100% sure yet but I have a stripped lower coming in by the end of the week. The shop called and said it was "made by Saber". I assume that's Saber Defence Industries. Not familiar with them but it's a chunk of metal so it can't be too bad.

I'll probably order a kit for the rest. Olympic arms to keep it cheap (relative to some other brands) with a flat top, standard gas block, stainless fluted heavy barrel (16" or 20"), floating handguard, A2 buttstock, left handed pistol grip and ambi charging handle. Then get a decent scope and bipod for it.

I'm going out to shoot a couple before I buy the upper and lower parts kit to see what I do/don't like.

09-24-2007, 06:10 PM	#11
dust_101 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 24	One other thing to add, the NY State hi-cap law as it applies to the AR-15 allows you to have pre-ban mags. Pre-ban meaning mags that were made before the Federal (and NY State) AWB and were purchased before that time as well. Again, as to how to prove when it was bought is one thing, as to when it was made, that is easy enough to prove. There are Colt 20 round mags that have the 5 or 10 round limiters welded in there, if you want the look of a normal mag without the legal trouble. As for the parts, just make sure you have either an A2 style stock, or a pinned/fixedA4 style that cannot collapse... and weld that compensator on, openly threaded barrels are a no-no (I went with a LWT post-ban colt barrel just to be safe) I am not a lawyer, I do not play one on TV. __________________ "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." - Winston Churchill

09-24-2007, 11:14 PM	#12
John A. XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: KY Posts: 676	This should shed all the light anyone would want to know about Federal and state laws. http://www.oa2.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5436 __________________ "The 2nd Amendment wasn't adopted into the Constitution because the authors liked guns or the destruction they could cause, but to give ordinary citizens the ability to protect themselves and their family and to take up arms against anyone in a governmental position who tried to deny those fundamental and God given rights." Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8

09-25-2007, 05:39 PM	#13
darkvibe XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 833	I'm about to build an AR in NY state and have been researching the laws. Everyone covered everything here pretty well. __________________ Springfield XD-40 Subcompact \| Kimber Eclipse Target II \| Ruger Mark II \| Kel-Tec P-3AT \| Browning Hi-Power Practical 9mm

09-25-2007, 07:39 PM	#14
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09-26-2007, 11:40 AM	#15
jbrodsky XDTalk Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 78	awesome darkvibe... what's the specs for the rifle you are going to build?