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AR15 BAN OR PRE BAN???
CHEVELLE427
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ANOTHER ????. I HAVE PICKED UP A ESSENTIAL ARMS J15 (BLACK GUN) TALKED TO ESSENTIAL ARMS AND WAS TOLD MY LOWER HALF WAS AROUND 1989 .THAT WOULD BE PRE BAN SEEMS THIS CO MADE SOME GUNS BACK THEN BUT ALSO SOLD PARTS TO MAKE GUNS, ???? IS HOW CAN YOU TELL IF THE UPPER HALF (BARREL) IS ALSO A PRE BAN, [?]
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But there probably isn't a way to estimate the mfg date of an upper or parts unless they were marked by the mfg in a certain manner that distinguest them from post or nonban configs. Companies were making uppers with barrels with flashhiders as parts all duing the ban.
It's funny how there are still folks out there paying more money for these rifles because they have features that used to be banned.
Even during the AWB there were ban features. If you had a firearm (the serial numbered part) in the case of the AR it is the lower made before the ban you could put all the features on your gun. If your lower was made after the ban you could not put the listed features like flash hiders, bayonet lugs, ect.
There really isn't such a thing as ban/pre ban/post ban/no ban/ect uppers, it was just based on features.
These terms are now only marketing gimmicks for the unaware.
It's funny how there are still folks out there paying more money for these rifles because they have features that used to be banned.
It's not funny. And it's not for the unaware. Many people live in areas where the ban still exists and they can only buy a preban if they want the evil features.