For barrels under 16", this will pin and weld a muzzle device permanently to the barrel, to allow for a 16" street legal barrel to be assembled into the rifle. Please check with Charlie's sales team prior to finalizing this order, or use this service when instructed by a CCC team member. Often times a team member will guide you to select this service, along with a flash hider or break and barrel or complete upper receiver. Put each item into your cart and check out.
As you may know, US Federal Law requires that a rifle have a barrel length of 16" or greater, or that rifle must be registered with the ATF as a Short Barreled Rifle (SBR), under the National Firearms Act. Registering an NFA item includes an extended background check, a $200 tax fee, and a few months of waiting time to have a legal SBR. Many firearms enthusiasts, especially military clone rifle fans like the 14.5" barrel found on the M4A1 carbine and other military rifles. By permanently welding a flash hider or muzzle device to the barrel, the barrel length for legal purposes will include the length of the muzzle device. Working with Charlie's, we will take your 13.7" to 14.5" barrel and have it pinned with a muzzle device permanently attached to give you a barrel over 16" and making it "street legal" without the special need of NFA registration and taxes.
The complication comes in when a barrel has an existing pin and weld. Not every armorer can finesse the removal of the first device and the permanent reattachment of the second device. It is generally possible, but requires a bit of skill and patience not to destroy the muzzle barrel threads in the process.
We offer this service, for example, for customers who buy a factory pin and welded rifle or upper, like the Colt or Daniel Defense M4A1, which is a fine rifle or upper, but comes with a somewhat useless flash hider. Many customers want to run a Surefire, for example, but must first negotiate removing the first muzzle device and then pin and welding the next.
This is the charge for the service only, if we are able to remove. Depending upon the purchase, you probably need to pay for shipping one way or two ways.
Turn around time for pin and weld service is around 3 weeks. If you are sending us parts, add another week to that estimate. If we are assembling a complete upper for you, add another 2 weeks, and allow for busy times, like Holidays and also vacations. Your CCC team member can give you a live estimate.
Note: we used stock pics for the service here, but your barrel will be done so well, that your weld will be blackened, and you will have to look close for a weld mark.
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