Steve_G 51 Posted September 4, 2010 Would a thumbhole stock on a 10/22 be considered a pistol grip? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vjf915 456 Posted September 5, 2010 I have wondered the same about my PAP.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve_G 51 Posted September 5, 2010 Kind of an important question. I'm thinking about building one, and I would like a threaded barrel. Have not decided between a thumbhole stock and Hogue stock yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FFDP82 4 Posted September 5, 2010 Just call the NJSP and ask. I'm sure they'll give you a rational response, like banning all Ruger 10/22s. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted September 5, 2010 thumbhole stocks are typically not pistol grips, afaik. I have seen plenty of 10/22's in boyd's thumbhole stocks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbtrout 141 Posted September 5, 2010 No they are not. They are perfectly legal. I have a few on my semi rifles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PK90 3,573 Posted September 5, 2010 Somewhere there lies a fine line from becoming a thumbhole stock to a pistol gripped stock. Where that is in New Jersey has yet to be determined. Kalifornia's law defines what they consider a pistol grip. CA 11 CCR 5469(d) says "pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon" means a grip that allows for a pistol style grasp in which the web of the trigger hand (between the thumb and index finger) can be placed below the top of the exposed portion of the trigger while firing. Should this same interpretation apply here (it may well be), a lot of thumbhole stocked rifles would be considered pistol grips and therefore making one's rifle an "Assault Weapon". IMO, the 10/22 pictured above is a thumbhole. But, I question this one. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillC. 26 Posted September 14, 2010 Nope its a thumbhole, there's a connection butt to grip. That makes it a legal thumbhole. Take a look at the dragunov SKS stocks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Damagedworld Posted September 14, 2010 I THINK that some of the imported "assault weapon" type firearms have thumbhole stocks to make importation easier.. i THINK it has something to do with them being "sporting" guns as opposed to military style weapons.. with that said many companies make guns like that with thumbhole stocks.. or even like full pistol grips that are attached to the stock.. I assume that satisfies things on a import level? but maybe it is different when applying that same logic to NJ since they clearly state it as something beneath the action of the gun.. and even go as far as to describe the manor in which you can hold it.. as in maybe this is NOT a pistol grip but maybe something like the PAP is (according to NJ at least)A pistol grip.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites