Don't forget, if you had it registered before Jan 1 2013, it's grandfathered, and it can be over 26" but under 30".
But you have to keep your registration paperwork with you, or else it might suddenly be an illegally concealed rifle...
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Don't forget, if you had it registered before Jan 1 2013, it's grandfathered, and it can be over 26" but under 30".
But you have to keep your registration paperwork with you, or else it might suddenly be an illegally concealed rifle...
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I have five SBRs and I intentionally built them so MI law would classify them as pistols. I can carry them in my car should I ever wish to. In fact, immediately after the election with the rioting that was happening I may have put an SBR under the back seat of my truck.
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He is joking about the FED registration, mocking the BS MI. BS....
As for the measuring question, since the muzzle device is not considered barrel unless it is permanent, I would remove it to measure. And if carrying it loaded inside a vehicle, I personally would have it under 26" The registration part in MI is a joke, but if you don't have an out of state cpl, we must comply with the damn joke.
Last edited by JDG; 03-05-2017 at 08:22 AM.
So here's some more context:
Out of state CPL? Yes.
Moving to Michigan? I guess so.
The aforementioned " item in potential question would be relevant as far as OAL under 26", WITH permanently affixed muzzle device, making a 16" barrel." .... also has a vertcial foregrip, which by federal definition a pistol cannot have unless it is registered on a Form 1. So by registering a "Michigan pistol" with a vertical foregrip, I feel that puts me into a potential dangerous grey area. Once again, federal definition differs from the basic definition of a pistol (designed to be fired from one single hand), which this is not originally designed to be operated as such (like anyone can prove that anyways?!?), but it is possible. Obviously Michigan calls that distinction of "operable" into play.
Where I'm from, with the CPL you can carry whatever you want, however you want. Michigan car carry/transport laws also suck and need to change. But I'm not worried about that just yet, I'm trying to figure out whether I need to either sell this before I move, or how to see about it being "legal" per MI law without having to register w/ ATF.
This is an email reply from the msp.
Michigan requires that a firearm be measured in the shortest position (folded or collapsed stock) in which it can still be fired. Remove any aftermarket attachments or anything that is not permanently attached prior to taking the measurement. If the over-all measurement is 26 inches or less it would be subject to the requirements pursuant to MCL 28.422 (license to purchase) or MCL 28.422a (pistol sales record).
Your rifle is gtg as far as federal law, but your question on the VFG is a good one. Ok on a rifle, not sure on a MI pistol.
Last edited by JDG; 03-06-2017 at 09:28 AM.
Yeah, the VFG is a sticky point.
OBTW, all we're talking about here is an AMD-65. The barrel measures right at 16", but due to the specific folding stock, it is shorter than most all rifle-barrel-length AK folders.
It is crazy that this Hungarian AMD-65 could potentially be viewed as an MI SBR due to OAL, yet registered as a pistol, but may have features that conflict with the federal definition of a pistol and hence could be looked upon as an AOW. Paperwork, grey areas, and potentially having to spend money just to keep the thing... all because Michigan is really, really stupid on this.
And, this is not a sale. Nothing is transferring here. So a "pistol sales record" doesn't make sense by nomenclature anyways. Anywho, registration doesn't make sense either, but I guess I'm going to have to accept this since I'm going from Free America to Heavily Regulated DMZ America.
It is even more crazy, that the same exact gun (say, a Romanian AK folder), would have NONE of the above applied since it is over 26" OAL. It is then a long gun and no registration, no pistol, no nothing.... all over ONE INCH of overall length? This is bollocks.