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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: Bigbrownie] #6538270
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Originally Posted by Bigbrownie
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Why is it any different to use a short .410 shotgun than a Taurus Judge? Same ammo, same pisspoor patterning. lol


You ain’t a kidding about poor patterns. Lead flies everywhere but what you’re aiming at.



If I’m not mistaken, they’re legal because they have a rifled barrel. A pistol that fires shotgun shells.


A judge handgun that has a smooth bore would be one bad dude.

Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: ~ADC~] #6538281
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I bought a switchblade 20 plus years ago at a gun store here. Says 440 stainless soligen on the blade. Store owner said your a volunteer fireman right? Were illegal except for law enforcement or fireman at the time. I brought it home and its never left my property though they are legal for all now. Skinned a bobcat with it once just so I can say I used it. Always thought that law was worse than stupid. A good fixed blade is much stronger and not any harder to conceal. Kinda like the short barreled shotgun. Never made sense to me. My old 45 is easier to conceal.

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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: ~ADC~] #6538321
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Its illegal because it makes them easy for felons up to no good to conceal them.(26 USC 5845)

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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: Boco] #6538324
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Originally Posted by Boco
Its illegal because it makes them easy for felons up to no good to conceal them.


crazy

Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: ~ADC~] #6538356
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OK brainwave,give us your legal opinion why sawing off a long gun is illegal?


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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: ~ADC~] #6538376
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Technically they are not illegal, you just have to jump through the hoops and pay the 200 dollar tax stamp fee to own them.

Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: ~ADC~] #6538383
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I purchased a Mossberg shockwave like in the picture. Barrel is 14". Somehow they are being produced and using a loophole to do it legally. I have shot 2 3/4 buckshot magnums. That's plenty of a load to handle. I have shot 3" 00 buck magnums and that is way more than I want to handle . A stock would be nice, but it's different. I seen where Remington came out with a 12 ga auto.... their versa max set up. Yikes, shooting 3" 00 in an auto rapidly..... I aint planning [Linked Image]
on finding out!!

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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: ~ADC~] #6538384
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I like the strap to keep it from flying out of your hand,lol.


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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: ~ADC~] #6538388
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You are 100 % correct about the strap. I use it just as you say!!


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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: ~ADC~] #6538420
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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: ~ADC~] #6538455
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Taurus judge type guns (revolvers that shoot .410 shells) are legal because they're a handgun. They have a rifled barrel less than 16 inches and are designed to be shot with one hand, so that makes them a handgun. They just happen to chamber a shotgun shell. Things like the Mossberg shockwave are technically not shotguns. Legally speaking, it's just a "firearm". It's not a handgun, because the barrel isn't rifled and it's too long (over 26"). It's not a rifle, because there's no rifled barrel, and it's not designed to be fired from the shoulder. And most importantly, it's not a shotgun, since shotguns by legal definition are designed to be fired from the shoulder. If it's not a shotgun, then it cant be a short barreled shotgun.

Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: ~ADC~] #6538478
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How about this one?

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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: the Blak Spot] #6538482
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Originally Posted by the Blak Spot
How about this one?

A pistol or handgun with a smooth bore designed to fire a shotgun shell is an "any other weapon" and requires an NFA tax stamp. I think it's only $5 for an AOW stamp as opposed to $200 for something like a silencer, but it still involves all the extended background check silliness.

Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: ~ADC~] #6538492
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In the same family as the Mossberg Shockwave is the Shock N Saw, a little different handle setup that's for sure.

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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: ~ADC~] #6538502
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Originally Posted by ~ADC~
Originally Posted by Boco
Its illegal because it makes them easy for felons up to no good to conceal them.


crazy


It's a felony for a felon to touch a firearm.


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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: Boco] #6538505
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Originally Posted by Boco
Its illegal because it makes them easy for felons up to no good to conceal them.(26 USC 5845)


True. But then again if felons followed the law then they wouldn't be felons... So again, the only people the law actually pertains to are those willing to follow it.

Never heard of a liquor store robbery where the clerk said, "Well at least the gun he stuck in my face wasn't a sawed-off shotgun... Thank God for that law."

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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: 160user] #6538506
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Originally Posted by 160user
And “sawed off” just means less than 18 inches. That said Remington and Mossberg both currently manufacturer and sell shotguns less than 18 inches now through some loophole.


They do not! They are making All Other Weapons. Don't call them shotguns because there are not shotguns.
Basically the NFA classed items by design and receiver. The receivers on those sawed off shotgun looking things began life classified as an All Other Weapon so cannot be built into a shotgun.

I know silly but the law is the law.


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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: Boco] #6538514
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Originally Posted by Boco
I like the strap to keep it from flying out of your hand,lol.

You shoot a SBS with your hand/palm over the barrel to hold the muzzle down.
That strap is straight from the mind of lawyers, and out of concern for any Canadians
who might pick it up and give it a try, Lol.


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Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: tlguy] #6538524
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Originally Posted by tlguy
In the same family as the Mossberg Shockwave is the Shock N Saw, a little different handle setup that's for sure.

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I think they do the handle that way because it'd be illegal to put a "forward grip" on it, kinda like how it's illegal to put a forward grip on a pistol. Don't ya just love our firearms laws? I'm sure all those silly rules keep us safer somehow crazy

Re: Why are sawed-off shotguns illegal? [Re: maintenanceguy] #6538525
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Originally Posted by maintenanceguy
Originally Posted by 160user
And “sawed off” just means less than 18 inches. That said Remington and Mossberg both currently manufacturer and sell shotguns less than 18 inches now through some loophole.


Since the manufacturer never installed a shotgun stock on it, it was never a shotgun - it's just a firearm. Only shotguns have a barrel length requirement. If it had ever had a shotgun stock on it, it would be a shotgun and would be illegal. Our gun laws are ridiculous.



Not true. The old Handi-guns and "auto-burglars" had a factory pistol grip yet are illegal to own without a class III license.


I have nothing clever to put here.





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