AR15 Wait Period (Or lack thereof?)

[Jawsjr2]

I was at the Timonium Gun show today and i had a guy at one of the booths selling new AR15s and said its about a half hour wait and I could walk out with it. Does that make sense? I'm new to MD and its gun laws (and new to the AR15 world in general). Anyone confirm that I can do this? I thought there was a mandatory 7-day wait.

 

[foodpoison]

must have been hbar, not regulated in md

 

[BradMacc82]

If it's a HBAR, or a heavy-barrelled clone, it's cash & carry. Simple NICS check, pay the man, leave with your new rifle.

Non-HBAR's and clones, 7-day wait (which is more around 60 to 60+ days right now).

 

[Jawsjr2]

Thanks for the info. Instead of asking rookie questions like what is an hbar, I'll do my diligence in researching. So if I want a Colt or Bushmaster, it's a 60+ day wait?

 

[Jawsjr2]

It was a Rock River Arms AR15.

 

[armed ferret]

Thanks for the info. Instead of asking rookie questions like what is an hbar, I'll do my diligence in researching. So if I want a Colt or Bushmaster, it's a 60+ day wait?

only if it's not an HBAR.

 

[4095fanatic]

Thanks for the info. Instead of asking rookie questions like what is an hbar, I'll do my diligence in researching. So if I want a Colt or Bushmaster, it's a 60+ day wait?

HBAR is short for Heavy Barrel if that saves you some trouble. And there are HBAR Colts, so you might find one C&C.

 

[Jawsjr2]

Thanks for the info. So the only difference is a "heavy barrel" for more accuracy?

 

[ken792]

Thanks for the info. So the only difference is a "heavy barrel" for more accuracy?

Pretty much. You also can't mount a regular M203 grenade launcher onto a govt profile barrel (since it uses barrel clamps). Since M203's and HE shells are so easy to get, that's why a govt profile barrel AR is regulated in MD but a HBAR is not.

 

[yotaboy24]

And to think I had to wait 7 days years ago for a hbar.

 

[Biggfoot44]

Colt makes a specifically named HBAR. "Clones" of HBAR may be of various brands. Exactly what constitutes an HBAR has been a source of confusion for years , and even if *we* and/or MSP know it's not regulated , many FFLs have historically err on side of cover their butt , and transfer as if Regulated anyway.

 

[Markp]

I was at the Timonium Gun show today and i had a guy at one of the booths selling new AR15s and said its about a half hour wait and I could walk out with it. Does that make sense? I'm new to MD and its gun laws (and new to the AR15 world in general). Anyone confirm that I can do this? I thought there was a mandatory 7-day wait.

The law confuses a lot of people. There are a lot of things that many people would guess there is a wait on, when in fact, there isn't.

Get yourself a nice heavy barrel AR and smile knowing that the heavier duty, more lethal weapon is the one you don't have to wait on.

 

[BradMacc82]

The law confuses a lot of people. There are a lot of things that many people would guess there is a wait on, when in fact, there isn't.

Get yourself a nice heavy barrel AR and smile knowing that the heavier duty, more lethal weapon is the one you don't have to wait on.

Or get an AR-10, and laugh at the 'common sense' our elected officials posses.

 

[Pinecone]

And to think I had to wait 7 days years ago for a hbar.

Some FFLs want to treat all AR type rifles are regulated.

HBAR has never been regulated. It is specifically exempted on the list.

 

[the Javid]

Pretty much. You also can't mount a regular M203 grenade launcher onto a govt profile barrel (since it uses barrel clamps). Since M203's and HE shells are so easy to get, that's why a govt profile barrel AR is regulated in MD but a HBAR is not.

The funny part about that is you can still mount an M203 grenade launcher if you have a quad rail on it. They make them rail mounted these days.

 

[ken792]

The funny part about that is you can still mount an M203 grenade launcher if you have a quad rail on it. They make them rail mounted these days.

Yeah, haha. You get to have the accuracy and heat dissipation of an HBAR while still being able to mount an evil NFA grenade launcher on it.

Last week I gathered some AR's to explain SB281 to a student journalist. I told her that the benign looking, faux SP-1 would be banned because of the govt profile barrel, the tricked out Daniel Defense would be banned because of the govt profile barrel, but the scary looking, Magpuled S&W M&P15 Sport would still be 18 year old cash and carry simply because of the heavy barrel. I explained that I like the HBAR anyway because I can do mag dumps with less heating and that these days, grenade launchers don't even need govt profile barrels.

 

[K.C.Dean]

If you can get an HBAR cash and carry I don't know why a receiver can't be the same.

 

[llkoolkeg]

If you can get an HBAR cash and carry I don't know why a receiver can't be the same.

'Cause you could then just build it up with a gov't spec non-heavy barrel.

 

[ken792]

The original "Colt Sporter HBAR" had receiver pivot pin that was larger and had a different center axis than those of regular AR's. The idea was that you simply couldn't take a Sporter HBAR and slap an evil upper on it.

Then people came up with pin adapters.

 

[BradMacc82]

If you can get an HBAR cash and carry I don't know why a receiver can't be the same.

Technically you should be, but unfortunately the MSP has been giving verbal "guidance" to FFL's for years to transfer them as regulated.

Because those chunks of aluminum are SOOO dangerous on their own.