MasterPiece Arms MPA30T-A

**mickey01023** · May 23rd, 2010, 02:25 AM

I'm gonna be getting one soon and I gots a few questions. Do they jam up alot?

Where can I buy cheap mags and are they just the sten mags?

What about the fake cans for them, are they legal and is their anywhere I can buy them cheap. I don't really know what to call them to google them.

https://www.masterpiecearms.com/prod...?prod=MPA30T-A

Any other comments would be helpful

Oh yeah and I saw a foregrip that was underneathe the barrel, are those legal and any idea where I can find one. Has anyone ever played with one, is it useful or useless?

**Cbronwen16** · May 23rd, 2010, 08:48 PM

I had one for awhile...it will jam alot with wwb and other weaker loads untill it has a good couple hundred rounds through it. It wont have any problems with +P ammunition. As for the mags they use slightly moded sten for the
9mm and slightly moded greasegun for the 45. the vertical foregrip is illegal as far as i know as it would be considered a AOW (correct me if i'm wrong) and the fake cans are legal and can make bump firing much easier.

**mickey01023** · May 23rd, 2010, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by Cbronwen16

I had one for awhile...it will jam alot with wwb and other weaker loads untill it has a good couple hundred rounds through it. It wont have any problems with +P ammunition. As for the mags they use slightly moded sten for the
9mm and slightly moded greasegun for the 45. the vertical foregrip is illegal as far as i know as it would be considered a AOW (correct me if i'm wrong) and the fake cans are legal and can make bump firing much easier.

whats aow mean

**rwb1500** · May 24th, 2010, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by mickey01023

whats aow mean

Any Other Weapon. Basically where a weapon falls when it doesn't have any other classification. (Like a pistol with a foregrip.)

AOW is an acronym standing for the phrase “Any Other Weapon.” This term was developed by the B.A.T.F. in the NFA (National Firearms Act) to describe any firearm that is not explicitly addressed. Some of the more common weapons considered to be AOW include cane guns and pen guns. However, AOW also includes firearms such as smooth bore pistols and revolvers that fire shotgun shells and have barrels less than 18 inches long. The taxes involved with transferring AOW weapons are also different. Unlike most NFA weapons, which require a $200 transfer fee, AOW weapons cost only $5 to transfer.

**mickey01023** · May 26th, 2010, 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by rwb1500

Any Other Weapon. Basically where a weapon falls when it doesn't have any other classification. (Like a pistol with a foregrip.)

AOW is an acronym standing for the phrase “Any Other Weapon.” This term was developed by the B.A.T.F. in the NFA (National Firearms Act) to describe any firearm that is not explicitly addressed. Some of the more common weapons considered to be AOW include cane guns and pen guns. However, AOW also includes firearms such as smooth bore pistols and revolvers that fire shotgun shells and have barrels less than 18 inches long. The taxes involved with transferring AOW weapons are also different. Unlike most NFA weapons, which require a $200 transfer fee, AOW weapons cost only $5 to transfer.

How come the judge isn't a NFA item then? I see people with like a lanyard under the barrel...how legal is that?

**Cbronwen16** · May 26th, 2010, 07:05 PM

Because the judge has a rifled barrel.

**rwb1500** · May 27th, 2010, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by Cbronwen16

Because the judge has a rifled barrel.

Correctamundo! Making it a pistol, not a smoothbore revolver. Its all in the details.

**stopphillysmrdrrate** · May 27th, 2010, 01:09 AM

Atlanticfirearms.com is the cheapest for these I believe I bought one of there $599 ar-15's for my brother for his birthday good company..also good add on site is http://www.aaaammoandarms.com/9mm-accessories.html

**khankewycz** · May 27th, 2010, 10:48 AM

If it ends up jamming alot, try switching to a different ammo. Either a steel cased ammo, or just different brands of brass cased. My friend has a VMAC .45 that doesn't like particular brands of ammo(winchester white box in particular), but with the right ammo will run all day long with no hiccups and it's been like that since he bought it new.

I in general don't care for win white box. But to each his own.

And the fake can is kinda dumb. But all IMO.

www.usmachinegun.com has had the most MAC and related parts I've found.