denul
07-13-2019, 08:38 PM
With the new ATF interpretation regarding weapons with detachable pistol braces not being subject to NFA registration, and with Ruger and others now on board with their versions, I wonder about something that has bothered me for the last 50 years or so.
Lee van Cleef, in the movie For a Few Dollars More, used a detachable shoulder stock equipped single action revolver in his role as Colonel Douglas Mortimer, with and without the stock attached. Clint Eastwood’s character disparagingly referred to it as a “contraption”, but I always wanted one, yet knew that while they were available for percussion revolvers, their use on a cartridge based revolver would invoke the NFA issues.
As I understand it, the ATF recently ok’d SOME pistol braces, even if fired from the shoulder, rather than being pressed against the forearm, in part because a shorter pistol brace would be uncomfortable or impractical fired from the shoulder. In the movie, Mortimer is pretty scrunched up when using the thing on his shoulder, but in one extremely brief scene, he fires with the stock pressed against his forearm, exactly as a pistol brace would be used,and appeared much more comfortable doing so. By the way, in the later movie,Joe Kidd, Clint’s character does use a shoulder stocked semi auto (Mauser?), and appears just as scrunched up when trying to use the sights.
I was just wondering about whether or not one might get a favorable ATF ruling regarding older detachable stock designs, in light of the recent determination. Any thoughts on this? Moderators, feel free to move or delete per the rules.
Lee van Cleef, in the movie For a Few Dollars More, used a detachable shoulder stock equipped single action revolver in his role as Colonel Douglas Mortimer, with and without the stock attached. Clint Eastwood’s character disparagingly referred to it as a “contraption”, but I always wanted one, yet knew that while they were available for percussion revolvers, their use on a cartridge based revolver would invoke the NFA issues.
As I understand it, the ATF recently ok’d SOME pistol braces, even if fired from the shoulder, rather than being pressed against the forearm, in part because a shorter pistol brace would be uncomfortable or impractical fired from the shoulder. In the movie, Mortimer is pretty scrunched up when using the thing on his shoulder, but in one extremely brief scene, he fires with the stock pressed against his forearm, exactly as a pistol brace would be used,and appeared much more comfortable doing so. By the way, in the later movie,Joe Kidd, Clint’s character does use a shoulder stocked semi auto (Mauser?), and appears just as scrunched up when trying to use the sights.
I was just wondering about whether or not one might get a favorable ATF ruling regarding older detachable stock designs, in light of the recent determination. Any thoughts on this? Moderators, feel free to move or delete per the rules.