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Sig Sauer is suing the BATFE over the BATFE’s classification of a muzzle brake that Sig manufacturers. The BATFE is claiming that the muzzle brake is a suppressor, where Sig claims that it doesn’t suppress sound at all.
The Seacoast Online article that broke this story doesn’t say which particular muzzle brake is being questioned, but I have to assume it’s the brake that was slated to be released with the civilian version of the Sig MPx.
This “muzzle brake” definitely has a resemblance of the internal parts of a suppressor, but it’s only a resemblance. It’s a funny looking brake, and that’s it. When the BATFE came out with the ruling last week that the Sig arm brace (that resembles a stock) isn’t a stock, even when used as a stock, I don’t see how they can get away with ruling that the muzzle brake is a suppressor when it doesn’t suppress sound, and merely looks like part of a suppressor.
The BATFE certainly seems to be making waves over the past few weeks with the EP Armory lower receivers, Sig Arm Braces ruling, and now this…
