Adding a modular mag well or modifying the mag well to accept other magazines (including higher capacity ones) would not violate the National Assault Weapons Ban, nor would it violate the new Y2K California ban. Converting it to pistol grip would make it an AW in CA, but not the rest of the country. Adding a pistol grip AND a flash hider (for example) would be illegal nationwide. Now, with that said, these AW bans may not be the big issue. Because its manufactured overseas, it is subject to import restriction as well as Komrade Klinton's mighty executive order, which not too long ago, dealt H&K a pretty big blow by banning the SR-9, PSG-1 and some others because Billy alone decided that they were not "sporting" arms. I think an "AR friendly" SL-8 would be cool, and I'd probably buy one, but making such a Magazine kit available would be a poor business decision on H&K's part since it would again place them squarely in the sights (pardon the pun) of the whims of a currently ANTI-gun-politicians pen. Maybe when the political environment is a little less testy and we (as a country) have gotten past this ban this, sue them for that mentality, we'll see more of these kind of products. Until then though...
[This message has been edited by Spyderman (edited December 24, 1999).]