The gun in this image belongs to Chris Browning, Editor in Chief, GunNewsDaily.com. Chris took this photo at the Houston gun show in Travis county back in 2007. This rifle is a used M4 carbine with an Aimpoint sight which he purchased from a former service member at the show.
“A pre-2017 California-legal AR-15 clone (FAR-15) with a 10-round magazine. Other notable features include pinned and welded muzzle brake, forward assist, “Bullet Button”, collapsible stock, and Aimpoint CompM4 (sight optic) mounted on the top rail.”
The Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 banned Colt AR-15 rifles by name in the State of California. California’s 2000 Assault Weapons ban went further and banned AR-15s made by other manufacturers by name such as Bushmaster, PWA, and Olympic Arms.[1]
Fixed-magazine rifle
This style of rifle is made by combining an AR-15 upper receiver with an AR-15 lower receiver which has not been banned by specific name, and which has a fixed, non-detachable 10-round (maximum, anything above 10 is a felony) magazine. In such a configuration, otherwise prohibited features such as a telescoping stock, pistol grip, and flash hider may be present. While formerly prohibited under the now-expired federal assault weapon ban of 1994–2004, the presence of a bayonet lug is not prohibited by California state law and can be present on firearms without violation. However, the magazine cannot be detachable, so to load the rifle the shooter must either “top load” or use a tool to release the magazine lock (such as the tip of a bullet in “bullet button” equipped rifles). To top-load, the shooter pulls the rear takedown pin, hinges the upper receiver on the front pivot pin, and loads the now exposed magazine. Alternatively, several “magazine lock” devices are available which replace the magazine release button with an inset pin that requires the use of a special tool to release the magazine, thereby, disallowing a readily “detachable magazine”, to be compliant with California state firearms law.
by wikipedia.org
