Hey folks -
I shouldn't say bummed. I'm moving for family reasons - reasons I don't want to go into but that are necessary to help us move forward with starting a family and the hellish gun issues in MD pale in comparison to the excitement I have about those prospects. The reality is that guns, target shooting, building, tinkering, it's such a small hobby of mine; I admittedly don't live and breath this stuff daily. Seeing the crap I'm facing in MD however definitely gives me more of a respect for what I maybe took for granted in PA and VA, but I've made my peace with it for now.
That said, I've conceded to transferring my beloved (and thrashed) PSA-15 to a family member in PA. I know I have HBAR options, piston options, but the gun will stay in the family, where it can live out the rest of it's life in a free state, so I'm ready to move on. I've been thinning out the herd lately so thankfully everything else I can hang onto.
Anyway I haven't moved yet so have a unique opportunity to buy while still a VA resident. The question I have for you folks is what would you suggest I buy before I move to (eventually) end up with a compliant AR pistol (which I'm leaning toward) or rifle in the future? Should I just go ahead and find a length-compliant AR pistol now? Better off buying a yet-to-be-used stripped lower? Buy some 80s? What pathway offers the least complications/registrations/legal gray areas to owning or building once I'm officially a resident?
Thanks for reading; glad I found this resource (forum!)
I shouldn't say bummed. I'm moving for family reasons - reasons I don't want to go into but that are necessary to help us move forward with starting a family and the hellish gun issues in MD pale in comparison to the excitement I have about those prospects. The reality is that guns, target shooting, building, tinkering, it's such a small hobby of mine; I admittedly don't live and breath this stuff daily. Seeing the crap I'm facing in MD however definitely gives me more of a respect for what I maybe took for granted in PA and VA, but I've made my peace with it for now.
That said, I've conceded to transferring my beloved (and thrashed) PSA-15 to a family member in PA. I know I have HBAR options, piston options, but the gun will stay in the family, where it can live out the rest of it's life in a free state, so I'm ready to move on. I've been thinning out the herd lately so thankfully everything else I can hang onto.
Anyway I haven't moved yet so have a unique opportunity to buy while still a VA resident. The question I have for you folks is what would you suggest I buy before I move to (eventually) end up with a compliant AR pistol (which I'm leaning toward) or rifle in the future? Should I just go ahead and find a length-compliant AR pistol now? Better off buying a yet-to-be-used stripped lower? Buy some 80s? What pathway offers the least complications/registrations/legal gray areas to owning or building once I'm officially a resident?
Thanks for reading; glad I found this resource (forum!)