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echo: guns
to: JOHN PERZ
from: CLOYCE OSBORN
date: 1996-05-16 15:10:00
subject: Rifled barrels

 JP> -> -> From what I understand, no problem at all as long as it has
 JP> -> -> rifeled barrels
 JP> ->
 JP> -> JP> Uh, did you mean rifle barrels as opposed to pistol barrels?
 JP> ->
 JP> -> Pistol barrels are usually rifled.
 JP> My point exactly.  I'm assuming that there is no problem if the barrels
 JP> are long enough to be considered rifles, but there would be a problem if
 JP> they are short enough that the gun could be considered a pistol.
Under federal law, anything with smooth bored barrels shorter than 18 inches 
is considered a "short barrelled shotgun" and therefore falls under the 
provisions of NFA '34.  By putting rifling in the barrels, it does not fall 
under the same laws but, rather is considered either a pistol or a rifle.  
For pistols, the barrel length doesn't matter (legally).  That's why 
Thompson/Center and others can legally make and sell .45 Colt pistols which 
just happen to fire .410 shotgun shells - their barrels are rifled.  Never 
mind what the rifling does to shot patterns. :-)
Notice, though, that these pistols are advertised as being ".45 Colt" and, 
through a "happy accident" just happen to also fire .410's.
Regards.  Cloyce.
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