Krebs 7.62×39 Pistol an Effective PDW without the NFA Paperwork

By John Farnam

Opinion

Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- Krebs PD-18 Pistol.

For discrete carry when traveling, in addition to discrete storage, SBRs (Short-Barreled Rifles) represents an excellent compromise for many, myself included.

SBRs are lighter than their full-sized cousins, and the short barrel is handy for deployment and serious fighting within confined spaces, such as the interior of a typical sedan.

However, under Federal Rules (arbitrary, like most rules), “rifles” have to have barrels no shorter than sixteen inches. When a rifle’s barrel is shorter, it becomes an “SBR” and thus an NFA (National Firearms Act of 1934) item, like silencers requiring individual government permission slips.

Citizens can own NFA items, like SBRs, in most states, but the transfer must be approved at the federal level, which requires intrusive and never-ending paperwork, as well as a long wait for the Feds to “get around to it,” sometimes a year or more.

Current NFA-application backlogs are enormous, and getting worse.

So, NFA items are of scant interest to most firearms owners. Even police departments often shy away from them, again due to paperwork, delays, and tedious accounting procedures.

Recently, however, in an attempt to satisfy consumer demand, manufacturers have started making “pistols” that look a lot …Read the Rest

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