[Don W]

So if you want an accessory rated/classified, you have to provide a firearm with it installed?

Trying to kill off the small manufacturers with ridiculous qualification requirements.

ATF should be a convenience store...

[old-ager]

This _should_ kill off the idea that one can convert a legal firearm into an illegal one by adding an accessory.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

So if you want an accessory rated/classified, you have to provide a firearm with it installed?

Will an approval be universal for the accessory or only for the weapon/accessory combination submitted?

Will they demand the manufacturer make a separate submission and provide a separate sample for every weapon the accessory can be used with?

That would be one way to tighten the screws on accessory manufacturers through bureaucratic red tape instead of legislative or executive action.