MSR Pistol Designation In Doubt?

[StoneHendge]

So if I shoulder a buffer tube that's not redesigning the firearm, right?

Does wearing a strap-on shoulder recoil pad signal my 'intent' to shoulder my stockless buffer tube?

This whole thing is just lunacy.

If you shoulder a buffer tube, it may not be illegal, but they'll come after you as being mentally unfit to own a firearm

But if you put an optic on the firearm with the bare buffer tube that can only be utilized if the end of buffer tube is in close proximity to your shoulder, then you have redesigned the firearm. That would be consistent with what the ATF said back in October 2017:

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