Is there a way to pin the stock so I stay with 26 inch for my ruger1022?

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I’m building a short barreled 10/22, and with the stock fully collapsed it is just too short to stay NR. Since the stock needs to be fully extended for a comfortable length of pull and it also gives it an OAL over 26”, can I just pin the stock to make it longer? Can I do it my self or does it need be done by a gun smith? I prefer to modify the current setup than buying a fixed stock.https://i.imgur.com/lvijlLz.jpg
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I am unaware of any legislation or regulation. How about case law? Would the alteration be permanent? If it is just a matter of removing a screw, would the modification survive a challenge?
A fixed stock eliminates the questions.
 
I have seen some stocks were there is a hole drilled through the stock and buffer tube, and a roll pin fitted flush. Thus the stock will not move, and it is very difficult to remove the roll pin, vs unscrewing a screw. I would think one would have to actually drill out the roll pin?
But I agree with tiriaq - a fixed stock removes all doubt.
 
Another thought...
Install a thick recoil pad to lengthen the stock.
Sure it could be removed - but that would be disassembling part of the rifle.
 
Yes just drill tap and thread a screw anywhere on the buffer tube. This way the stock cannot collapse all the way and by law you will be good.

Last person I know who looked into this got a very different answer from the lab.

Years ago (around 8 years ago IIRC) my friend bought one of those Arch Angel Nomad stocks for his 10/22 and an aftermarket barrel. The dealer told him he would need to add a muzzle device to the barrel to maintain OAL and keep it NR, so he bought one of those as well. Later we were talking about it and I questioned the advice of the store, and I pointed out how some people were modifying those stocks so they can't fold to keep them NR length. He proceeded to email the RCMP about both the muzzle device and the folding stock.

The RCMP response on the muzzle device was does not count towards OAL, and their response on the folding stock was once a folder, always a folder. If it was DESIGNED to fold, it is always a folding stock regardless of any modifications made to it according to the Lab.

Based on that, I would think a collapsible stock would also always be considered a collapsible stock. (My friend opted to sell the aftermarket barrel and go back to the factory barrel which was long enough to keep the gun NR even with the folding stock)


I do not know of any guns where a collapsing or folding stock was pinned, glued, screwed, or otherwise, and the Lab OK'd it for NR sale. The only gun I can think of that was sold with a pinned stock is the Dlask GSG16s with the short barrel, but those never went through the lab because they were NR to begin with. Meanwhile the lab specifically told Dlask no dice when they tried to limit how far the stock could collapse on CMR-30s to make them NR.
 
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Filler plug/block epoxied into the stock just like a shotgun mag extension is the easiest, make a wax paper or parchment tube to line it while you do the work

I'm assuming the buffer tube wouldn't meet OAL either so another option may be adding a threaded bolt to the end and epoxying the threads from inside the tube

Not a lawyer, good luck
 
What was the deal with the keltec cmrs that were recently brought in, didnt the bag lickers in the lab decide it needed a new fixed stock as the pinned collapsible stock was a no go or was it due to the pinning method
 
What was the deal with the keltec cmrs that were recently brought in, didnt the bag lickers in the lab decide it needed a new fixed stock as the pinned collapsible stock was a no go?

It still collapses, but not as much as normal. The new buttstock partially limits how far it can collapse so it stays long enough.
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Dlask tried to make some by adding something to the side of the gun that would limit how far the stock could collapse, but the lab said no to that. See post #62: https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/for...rms-Barrel-now-NON-RESTRICTED-!?highlight=cmr
 
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