1. How to Build a California Compliant AR-15 Rifle? Only Californians can understand the pain of affording a fully featured rifle but settling for a featureless rifle instead. The rule book of gun laws in California is the firmest, most stringent one as compared to other states. If you’re a gun owner living in the state of California you can fully understand the feeling I’m trying to put in words here. But of course I’m going to be the bearer of good news for all the gun fanatics out there. There are genius outs by which you can get your hands on any CA legal guns while staying well within the parameters set by the law. All this is possible by the efforts of lawyers, manufacturers and the people of California that can’t just give up on amazing guns like AR-15 rifles. How to Build a CA-Legal AR-15 Rifle? The only problem California State has with guns and rifles is the features it has that make them much more deadly and dangerous. No ordinary person who aims to just buy a gun for self-defense, home-defense, shoot training or hunting needs these features in their gun or rifles. These certain parts, accessories or features are a complete no-go in California, so you have to find a way around them. If you’re interested in acquiring a California-compliant AR-15 rifle than you really have two options- either choose a rifle which has California legal Ar-15 magazine that is detachable and ditch all the scary features that make it a deadly assault weapon or the other option is having a fixed 10- round magazine but have the liberty to enjoy all the features and accessories that you can think off. Tough choice, right? I can understand!!! If you choose the former option then keep in mind that you’ll be giving up on some of the coolest features that are fun to have. You really need a detachable magazine if you have to fire multiple around one after another. Simple people don’t really need to fire multiple rounds at once. I would highly recommend going for the latter option as it will allow you to have various features plus you can still fire 10 rounds! Let's have a brief look at the features you will be giving up before you decide one of the two options. The Features that are not allowed with a Detachable Magazine If you decide to go for a detachable California legal AR-15 magazine which provides more than the 10-round capacity than you’re giving upon features like pistol grip, folding or telescopic stock, flash suppressor, grenade launcher, thumb stock and forward pistol grip. This rifle will be California compliant as considered to be featureless. Although the featureless rifle will look almost the same as a full featured rifle, the buffer tube will be exposed so that there is no chance for an adjustable buttstock. The butt stock will be fixed so that no pistol grip can be installed later on. This in turn means that the grip and the buttstock are combined with each other. When you look at featureless California legal gunsthere isn’t any muzzle device instead a simple cap in there to protect the threads. The magazine can hold more than 10 rounds and will be detachable in a regular way.

2. Why Would I forgo such Amazing Features and still want the Rifle? Many people will think that missing such cool features like flash suppressor or grenade launcher will make the rifle pretty boring but the reason why you still want it is the bullet button. Bullet button is a feature that allows you to detach the magazine with a tool or bullet. You can’t just remove a magazine from a rifle with your hands, it’s either the bullet or another magazine which can unlock the already attached one from the rifle. Having a featureless rifle means you can have a bullet button which will allow you to remove the magazine easily and swiftly from the rifle. People who want to have detachable magazines need to make sure their rifles are featureless. Building a California Compliant Rifle There are basically only two ways your AR-15 assault rifle can be considered California compliant. You either have a fixed magazine that is taken out with a takedown pin which separates the lower and upper receivers or you build a complete featureless rifle that has a detachable magazine. Manufacturers and lawyers are trying to modify and go around the laws by introducing features like bullet buttons that will allow you to have all the cool features along with a detachable magazine. Conclusion An AR-15 rifle is one of the most loved and in-demand rifles among Americans. The rifle is a dangerous beauty and that’s why such strict measures are taken to control its usage. You can enjoy the rifle by just giving up on one of the things. The choice is yours what you want to give up on in order to enjoy the other.