So in the event that a stay is granted in the AWB case, here is a solution for those of you that want to build that fancy new AR with banned features in the mean time without pinning your stock and muzzle device. As Ive said many times, I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice. It is worth noting that NJ has never expressly defined what they consider a “fixed magazine firearm.” But fixed magazine SKS rifles have been sold here, legally, for decades and they fit the federal definition of fixed magazine (magazine cannot be removed without disassembling the action). A fixed magazine SKS is also “readily convertible” to a detachable magazine. So I am personally comfortable with this solution. You can even buy loaders that allow you to reload 10 rounds at a time through the ejection port, which is what I do. But you do you.
An other suggestion for a fixed mag semi rifle with fun features or a large receiver semi auto handgun would be the VZ-58 line of rifles and handguns fixed mag. Can be made fixed mag from factory and can have folding stock/brace, flash hider, bayonet lug and be feed with stripper clips. Once our freedom is finalized, it can be reverted to original detachable magazines.
I have been restricting myself to bolt action rifles and shotguns (so that I can install as many “features” as I damned please) with 10 round mags for so long that I have become accustomed to it. I think I can wait until the AR ban is completely overturned (which I don’t think is very far off now) before I make the plunge. That way I should be able to avoid spending money on half measures.
I’ve been doing the same as Grima, just throw in lever actions as well
Is this even legal in NJ? Looks like it can easily be removed will an Allan key
I would think this to be more appropriate, and cheaper
Probably, but why would you want one?
NJ neutered ARs are not that bad, and we’re going to win the AWB when SCOTUS publish their opinion on Grant & Viramontes next July.
It was suggested in the thread so I decided to do some research
The problem is that NJ has never defined (either by statute or by NJSP opinion) what is considered a “fixed magazine” firearm. So any attempt to convert an AR to a fixed magazine MIGHT dissuade a law enforcement officer from charging you, or, in a worst case scenario, it’s a legal defense if you’re charged. Even with the cross armory device, an over-zealous prosecutor could still make an argument that the rifle is “easily convertible” simply by drilling out that plastic plug. My counterargument is that the fixed mag SKS is implicitly legal in NJ (given that the AWB specifies that the detachable magazine type SKS is banned). Fixed magazine SKS’s have been sold for decades in NJ. Yet, if you disassemble and remove the box magazine, you can easily convert it to a detachable magazine firearm by inserting a duck-bill SKS mag. How is this any different? Long story short, I wouldn’t recommend either of these methods if the AWB hadn’t just been struck down and I wasn’t confident that SCOTUS would confirm. This was just a suggestion for an acceptable solution for a year until the ruling becomes official. Your level of risk tolerance may vary.