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By BigKahuna
#53610
I'm trying to figure out if a Ruger Mini-14 model 5848 with a 5-round removable magazine is legal to buy in Connecticut? The rifle is stock from the factory and has a flash suppressor on it.

Does the suppressor make it illegal in Connecticut, or can it be considered as a muzzle brake???

Totally confused!!

Thanks for any and all help.
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By nvisn
#53611
Illegal w/o a permanent brake or bare, threaded muzzle.
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By BigKahuna
#53612
Thanks for the quick reply.

Can the suppressor be easily removed and just leave the bare threads?

As you can tell, I really want to buy it!
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By nvisn
#53613
No it has to be non-threaded
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By BigKahuna
#53615
I got this from the CT Gun Talk forum, which has some fairly knowledgeable moderators and users:

Did you happen to tell/inform the FFL's you spoke with that with PA 13-3 (and PA 13-220) the threaded barrel is no longer one of the "evil" features?

PA 13-3: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/ACT/PA/2013P ... 160-PA.htm

PA 13-220: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2013/ACT/PA/2013P ... 094-PA.htm


It looks like a “bare” threaded barrel is currently legal. Another reader posted that he found a screw-on compensator at Hoffman’s for $10
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By nvisn
#53616
I stand corrected. It looks like as long as there is no flash hider you are good to go! I didn't realize the threaded barrel was dropped.
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By Badger549
#53647
Unlike rifles, in pistols, looks like their lumping center fire and rim fire together.
Any-how, the link info still makes my rim fire P22 plinker an "evil" gun, :roll: sheesh!
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By nvisn
#53709
Upon further reading 13-220 did in fact re-address the threaded muzzle.
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By Badger549
#53715
Looking at it a little more I think you may be right a P22 may be fine.
Cause need to purchase a separate thread adapter to go on the barrel before an "item" can be attached. It is painful reading....lol
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