If Muzzle brakes or flash suppressors are permanently attached the are part of the overall barrel length.srothstein wrote:Texas Penal Code Chapter 46 section 46.01 says:
Short-barrel firearm" means a rifle with a
barrel length of less than 16 inches or a shotgun with a barrel
length of less than 18 inches, or any weapon made from a shotgun or
rifle if, as altered, it has an overall length of less than 26
inches.
The barrel is measured from the face of the closed bolt to the muzzle. I do not think they include muzzle breaks or flash suppressors as part of the barrel. The feds may have a different definition, but I think the barrel length matches.
FrEaK_aCcIdEnT, you can do it, you would just have to register the gun as a SBR (short barreled rifle) as per the NFA.