How pistol stabilizing braces differ from short-barreled rifles

By Jacki Billings

SB Tactical’s SBX-K pistol brace mounted on the Sig 516. (Photo: Team HB)
Fascination surrounds short barreled rifles and the compact platform has seen an uptick in interest over the years. As the internet emerged and provided gun owners with more resources and better information regarding the platform, the process to ownership became less intimidating and more accessible. It’s no wonder that when a new contender entered the market, offering similar benefits to the traditional SBR but without the ATF registration, gun owners pounced.
The pistol stabilizing brace, launched in 2013, set the gun world on fire. Originally developed by Alex Bosco of SB Tactical, the brace was meant to offer more stability for wounded and disabled veterans shooting AR pistols.
Bosco quietly introduced the design on AR15.com to determine interest, but little did he know the brace would cause such an uproar.
“In early December I went online to AR15.com and posted information on the stabilizing brace and a link to where people could find it. It received 50,000 hits, and within 48 hours the website crashed because of traffic and email inquiries asking how to purchase one,” Bosco told America’s 1st Freedom. “SB Tactical was off and running.”
Prior to the stabilizing brace’s online

Source: Guns.com