Wfilardo
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Could someone please help me out with Maryland's definition of an H Barrel? Specifically looking to build a 9mm AR and what to know if can put it together as a rifle or does it have to be a pistol?
Thanks for the update. great info. it's pretty much the way i understand it too but it's nice to know someone else sees it the same way.
Call the MSP and ask them as they haven't been incapable of answering this question for over a decade now. The only firearm this has any relevance to is the AR15.
The generally accepted definition is .75" at the gas block increasing to a thicker dimension behind it back all the way to the chamber...
It's all really arbitrary, vague, and capricious.
In some ways I admire the MSP Licensing Division for not opening that can of worms, they've pretty much let the status quo stand.
Could someone please help me out with Maryland's definition of an H Barrel?
I was hoping someone would say that. I will see what lowers our local shop has available. I'm pretty sure they won't stock magazines or ammo for it, but I'm sure I can find them on line if not locally. This is not intended for self defense. I mainly wanted an AR style rifle to plink with and if I decide to go hunting one day (since I'm approaching 70 I will have to decide soon) it can work for that too.No heavy needed for grendel. It only applies to 223/556
You have an INTERESTING question. I am also curious if people in MD are being arrested, fined or had their property confiscated because the AR-15 did not have a heavy barrel. Most individual one-off instances would not make the news unless the rifle was used in some notable crime.As far as I know, HBAR applies to 223/5.56 only. All other calibers don't qualify.
I'm curious - has they been even one single court case where someone was prosecuted for an AR because it wasn't an HBAR?
I have one non-HBAR AR, but it's on a stripped lower I bought prior to HFA 2013, so that should be legal.