Search Terms: August 2007

Ultimately, it's the goal of TGW to know everything. But until then, the best way for it to grow in usefulness is for articles to get written in response to searches you folks make.

Yes, this is a work in progress.

Articles Written or Updated in response to these questions

I do tend to give quick responses to a lot of the questions in here. However, some questions come up often enough (or the area is murky enough) that they warrant new articles or updates to existing ones.

• AboutOpticMounts, which covers all the standards I'm personally aware of, plus a few popular improvisations.
• RecModsSu16, which addresses popular modifications for the SU-16.

Questions

• picatinny rail: See AboutOpticMounts, newly written in response to this question.
• rimfire mag california legal: Unless the magazine is a .22 tubular feeding device, 22LR magazines are limited to 10 rounds like all other magazines. See LegalCaliforniaMagazines.
• scatch maroo: One of the early significant names in the off-list movement. You can read a bit about him in HistoryOLL.
• socalguns: A small chain (two shops) in the San Diego area.
• u15 rifle stock: You can find them at http://www.californiarifles.com/
• u15 rifle stock legal: LegalCaliforniaApprovalInformation - as noted, California DOJ refuses to comment.
• ca legal rifles: LegalCaliforniaApprovalInformation - as noted, there is no "approved / CA legal" list for rifles in CA.
• california 10-round magazine ban date: Jan 1, 2000. LegalCaliforniaMagazines has more detail.
• california approved fixed magazine ar 15: LegalCaliforniaApprovalInformation - as noted, California DOJ refuses to comment.
• california approved rifles: LegalCaliforniaApprovalInformation - California DOJ doesn't maintain an "approved list" for rifles.
• ca gun ban sunset: Unfortunately, there is no automatic sunset provision in CA.
• california compliant rifles: LegalCaliforniaApprovalInformation - California DOJ doesn't maintain an "approved list" for rifles.
• california handgun magazine capacity: 10 rounds, unless it's on a list of exempted Olympic pistols.
• california legal shotguns: See LegalCaliforniaShotgunGuide - if the shotgun you want isn't defined as illegal, it's legal.
• california short barrel shotgun: See LegalCaliforniaShotgunGuide
• can a california resident buy a lower receiver: Yes, as long as it isn't listed by make and model on the ban list.
• fab10 ca legal ar 15: LegalCaliforniaApprovalInformation - the Fab-10 grip is ATF-approved, not CA-approved.
• gb sales welded receivers: Also known as "Evans Gunsmithing", I believe. Evans has a letter from DOJ saying he can sell AR-15 receivers with the magwells welded shut.
• ca legal stag arms lower: Yes, the Stag Arms lower is off-list and thus California legal.
• ca legal lower receivers: Check on www.calguns.net for Xenophobe's "official off-list list".
• dillon precision 5.7: As noted in RefReloading57x28mm, Dillon Precision refuses to support 5.7x28mm officially.
• ar-15 buffer detent removal: If your desire is to take out the buffer, first take off the upper, then press down on the buffer detent, and it will spring forward. Then you can pull it out of the tube. If you want the actual detent out, then you have to remove the buttstock - or at least, unscrew it far enough that the buffer detent is free to pop out. Should you do this, make sure that you first remove the buffer, as mentioned above. Otherwise the buffer will hold the detent in place, preventing it from coming out until you've entirely removed the stock, at which point you'll have three separate springs (I'm counting the one holding the rear takedown pin in place) launching themselves around your work area.
• how to replace ar-15 buffer spring telescoping buttstock: Simply depress the buffer detent, then pull out the buffer and spring. Then swap over to your new spring, hold down the detent, and shove it back in. You will probably need to cock the hammer in order to get the clearance needed.
• nut mag legal high: You undoubtedly mean a Beta-C magazine. Outside of California, they're legal in most states. Within California, see LegalCaliforniaMagazines.
• fs2000 rimfire: Were there a rimfire version of the FS-2000, it would be California legal. However, at present I'm unaware of any rimfire conversion. For the record, AR-15 Ceiner conversions wouldn't fit.
• california legal ar 15 upper receivers: The only illegal AR-15 uppers would be 50 BMG uppers, if you don't possess a lower registered as either an assault weapon or as a 50 BMG rifle. Lowers, on the other hand... well, LegalCalifornia has a lot of info for that.
• californian purchase assault rifle from other states: Californians may not purchase assault rifles, period. Or, at least, the rifles must not be assault rifles when they are received by the customer. This is why, on rifles which are only AW's due to configuration (and not make/model listing), disassembling the rifle will almost always render it California-legal.
• norinco ak 47: Norinco is a Chinese manufacturing company. Their AK-47's were fairly well spoken of. The most prolific Norinco AK is the MAK-90, which of course is a prohibited rifle in California.
• do g3 magazines fit ptr-91: Absolutely, yes. Sometimes they can be a bit tight, but I've only encountered that with the 5rd magazines.
• dpms lr 308 oll: Unfortunately, all DPMS receivers are listed, so there is no OLL DPMS rifle. The list says "DPMS Panther (all)", and so far all DPMS receivers say "panther" somewhere on them. However, Fulton 308 receivers are dimensionally compatible with DPMS receivers, and various vendors are shipping DPMS rifles into California with Fulton receivers.
• yugo m70ab1 side folder: The M70AB1? is a fixed stock rifle, and I am not aware of any side-folding stocks for it. It doesn't use a standard AKM rear trunion, so it will not accomodate the large variety of side-folding stocks available for those rifles.
• ("222 rem mag" or "222 remington magnum" or "222 mag" or "222 rem magnum") and "semi automatic": This round is very similar to the standard 223 Remington case. If you own a rifle chambered in this, I wish you the best of luck in feeding it. If you're thinking of buying one, you should look at 223/5.56mm instead. Ballistically, the 223 will do everything that 222 will do, and it's widely supported.
• modifying keltec su16: See RecModsSu16, written in response to this question.
• m-950 handgun: The M950 is also known as the "Calico", which is a helical-magazine-fed rifle from Calico Light Weapons Systems.
• california legal pistol grip rifles: Any rimfire or non-semi-automatic rifle may have a pistol grip. Otherwise, you'd have to fix the magazine in place.
• saiga rifle california legal: The short answer is that a Saiga rifle is CA-legal as long as it wasn't imported by Kalashnikov USA.
• nds/3 receiver for ak 74: No, the magwell dimensions are a bit off. You're better off using an actual AK-74 receiver.
• u15 rifle stock: The U-15 stock is a California-compliance AR-15 stock. It uses the pistol grip attachment point, and is patterned after the stock of an M1A?. Because the U-15 is not a pistol grip, its use does not prohibit detachable magazines on rifles.
• c&r transfer non-licensee: A C&R holder may transfer a C&R firearm from their collection, to a non-license-holder, provided that it's legal by state law and that they have no reason to believe that the non-licensee is prohibited from owning firearms. Bear in mind that the C&R licensee has absolute discretion in choosing not to perform a transfer. There is absolutely no law which says you must transfer a firearm to someone who gives you the slightest wrong impression. So, if in doubt, don't transfer. Incidentally, in California a C&R holder may transfer only longarms more than 50 years old; no handguns regardless of age. Antiques, of course, are exempt.
• anatomy of gun primers: Good question, added to WantList

-- SeanNewton - 29 Oct 2007

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