Thursday, January 10, 2008

Saiga, too? Dang

It seems I may not be able to buy a Saiga in my home state. No shotguns with detachable mags are to be sold or possessed in Maryland.



Here is a picture of a Jay G's Saiga 20 gauge. He lives in MASSACHUSETTS, and he is 'allowed' to have one. No fair. I don't want to live is a worse police-state than Massachusetts. I'm disappointed. Anyway:






Also, no pistols with magazines ahead of the trigger. I assume that's detachable mags, and Mauser Broomhandles are fine, but you never know. The purpose is to deny extra-legal pharmacologists in loose youth-group association Tec-9 pistols. But it also means that the new Ruger Charger pistol based on the 10/22 is out. Also, no handle forward of the trigger, so no semi-auto Uzi with a handle, but without is just fine. Prolly same for the semi-auto Kriss Super V.

Here's one of the Tec-9 pistols, or the cover for it's manual. Itsa gun even out of fashion with criminal gangs as this point. Its look is about as fresh as Seattle Grunge styling circa 1994. What do criminals like to use now? The same they always liked, generally. Smallish medium caliber handguns. Sorta the same sidearm that police prefer. Tec-9:


But I didn't want the Tec 9.

I was sorta considering the Saiga. Or the 10/22 Charger.

Well dang. That make my Master List selections a little simpler.

Oh and since no pistol with a foregrip handle. I guess I'm going to have to price these:

It's a pistol, it's magazine is behind the trigger, that's no foregrip handle. No? You don't think? Maybe you're right.

2 comments:

Jay G said...

You mean MA is BETTER than some states re: firearms???

:)

Damn, though. Seeing that picture really drives home just how badly I suck at photographing firearms...

Tam said...

If you attach a vertical foregrip to a pistol without paying for a $5 AOW tax stamp, the State of Maryland will have to wait in line behind the BATFE to prosecute you.

Also, the FN PS90 on the civilian market is a carbine, not a pistol. It has an extension that brings the barrel out to the 16" minimum. The configuration you have pictured, since it has a shoulder stock and a barrel less than 16" long, would be considered an SBR and require a $200 tax stamp, even if it was semiautomatic.