Either way you go, German or stainless, if you are going to attach a stock to it, the barrel will have to be a fraction over 16 inches long, otherwise it will be classified as a short barreled rifle which is prohibited. The original German carbines are "grandfathered" because they were manufactured that way and have been exempt by the BATF as collector's items whose intrinsic monetary and historic value by and large removes them from criminal use. A modern manufacture carbine however does not have those intrinsic values, and therefore is subject to the short barreled rifle restriction.
Quick draw John beat me again!!!
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If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction
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