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To answer the original question.

No, it is too salty for MA:

“ “Assault-style firearm”, any firearm which is:
(a) a semiautomatic, centerfire rifle with the capacity to accept a detachable feeding device and includes at least 2 of the following features: (i) a folding or telescopic stock; (ii) a thumbhole stock or pistol grip; (iii) a forward grip or second handgrip or protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand; (iv) a threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor or muzzle breakor similar feature; or (v) a shroud that encircles either all or part of the barrel designed to shield the bearer’s hand from heat, excluding a slide that encloses the barrel.“

If the brake was pinned and welded, it might be okay.

The last line about the heat shield barrel shroud is clearly an accidental inclusion from the pistol ASF definition, but it is in the rifle section. It is actually law. I don’t know how one could define the handguard as anything but a barrel shroud designed to shield the bearer’s hand from heat. But it could really apply to any rifle handguard. So perhaps everyone should just ignore it. It seems like FFLs are ignoring it.

<blockquote data-quote="PappyM3" data-source="post: 9458967" data-attributes="member: 31221">To answer the original question.No, it is too salty for MA:“&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Assault-style firearm”, any firearm which is:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (a) a semiautomatic, centerfire rifle with the capacity to accept a detachable feeding device and includes at least 2 of the following features: (i) a folding or telescopic stock; (ii) a thumbhole stock or pistol grip; (iii) a forward grip or second handgrip or protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand; (iv) a threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor or muzzle breakor similar feature; or (v) a shroud that encircles either all or part of the barrel designed to shield the bearer’s hand from heat, excluding a slide that encloses the barrel.“If the brake was pinned and welded, it might be okay. The last line about the heat shield barrel shroud is clearly an accidental inclusion from the pistol ASF definition, but it is in the rifle section. It is actually law. I don’t know how one could define the handguard as anything but a barrel shroud designed to shield the bearer’s hand from heat. But it could really apply to any rifle handguard. So perhaps everyone should just ignore it. It seems like FFLs are ignoring it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PappyM3, post: 9458967, member: 31221"] To answer the original question. No, it is too salty for MA: [i]“ “Assault-style firearm”, any firearm which is: [b] (a) a semiautomatic, centerfire rifle with the capacity to accept a detachable feeding device [/b]and includes at least 2 of the following features: (i) a folding or telescopic stock; (ii) a thumbhole stock or [b]pistol grip;[/b] (iii) a forward grip or second handgrip or protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand; (iv) [b]a threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor or muzzle break[/b]or similar feature; or (v) [b]a shroud that encircles either all or part of the barrel designed to shield the bearer’s hand from heat[/b], excluding a slide that encloses the barrel.“[/i] If the brake was pinned and welded, it might be okay. The last line about the heat shield barrel shroud is clearly an accidental inclusion from the pistol ASF definition, but it is in the rifle section. It is actually law. I don’t know how one could define the handguard as anything but a barrel shroud designed to shield the bearer’s hand from heat. But it could really apply to any rifle handguard. So perhaps everyone should just ignore it. It seems like FFLs are ignoring it. [/QUOTE]

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