OT - EBR question

[AJMD429]

My son saved his money and bought himself an SKS a couple years ago, thinking it would be a cheap knockaround plinker. Unfortunately, it has 'grenade sights' on it, and they are useless (we generally aren't in the habit of launching grenades other than the occasional verbal one my wife may launch at me about once a month...just kidding dear, really ), but as I understand it, you can't make any 'alteration' without it becoming an 'assembled' rifle which then has to have only so many imported parts. Even if taking something OFF isn't an 'alteration' of course the issue is still important in case sometime he wants to repair or replace some part or other on it.

What is the deal with this stuff? I've looked on several SKS-oriented sites, and even Tapco sells an 'SKS compliance kit' but it looks like that kit only has 8 'U.S.' parts out of 20 the regulators list, and an 'asssembled' rifle can have no more than 10 of the foreign parts. I don't really understand the parts math or what the alleged purpose even is. Supposedly it even differs for different vintages and manufacturers of the guns.

Anyone understand this stuff?

(Yeah, and I KNOW - one MORE reason to just chuck the crunchentickers of various sorts and get leverguns... )

[Old Ironsights]

You could always buy my M4gery kit from me for him. I really only bought it to help annother guy out...

[AJMD429]

You could always buy my M4gery kit from me for him. I really only bought it to help annother guy out...

What is an 'M4gery kit'?

[Old Ironsights]

Bushmaster "M4" Flattop with carryhandle, a buncha 30rd mags and about 1-1/2 basic loads...

i.e. a Bugout Kit in a Bushy Case...

[cas]

It has to be 922r compliant... as imported the SKS is classified as a Sporting Rifle. When you start to change it's configuration (adding removable magazines, pistol grips etc) you change that. So in order to be legal and not in possession of a "non importable rifle" you have to have a certain number of US made parts. (because legally you can only have so many foreign parts).

Legally you have no worries adding or replacing the sights.



http://home.comcast.net/~navy87guy/home/922r.html

[AJMD429]

http://home.comcast.net/~navy87guy/home/922r.html

Thanks for the info and link...that was more readable and yet concise than anything I've seen so far.

Someday they'll make the same rules or something worse about leverguns, no doubt, unless we can get 83-1/2 million of the 84 million gun owners out there off their collective butts.

[Ysabel Kid]

Unfortunately, it has 'grenade sights' on it, and they are useless (we generally aren't in the habit of launching grenades other than the occasional verbal one my wife may launch at me about once a month...just kidding dear, really )

You too, huh?

WHAP!

Just kidding , dear!

[FWiedner]

http://home.comcast.net/~navy87guy/home/922r.html

Thanks for the info and link...that was more readable and yet concise than anything I've seen so far.

Someday they'll make the same rules or something worse about leverguns, no doubt, unless we can get 83-1/2 million of the 84 million gun owners out there off their collective butts.

...just another handful of useless gun laws to ignore.