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Has anyone had any prior experience with buying or creating a 20 gauge Contender or Encore pistol? My favorite rabbit hunting gun is a 14 inch .45/410 Contender, but it lacks a bit of punch and doesn't pattern all that well.
Looking at the laws, it appears that if I got a smoothbore pistol, it would be an AOW, and would be legal for ownership. If I got some very shallow, almost straight rifling in it, it would not be an AOW, and it doesn't appear that it would be a DD because it would be chambered for a shotshell, which "is particularly suitable for sporting purposes." So does that mean it is a normal, perfectly legal pistol?
Another issue is acquiring it. Which is the appropriate way:
1) A custom barrel maker creates a barrel for me, which doesn't require any ATF approval, then ships me the barrel, and I have to send in the ATF form requesting approval to "make" the AOW (aka installing a new barrel)? or
2) The custom maker submits the ATF form and then sells me the whole AOW? From what I can tell, an out of state manufacturer couldn't sell me an AOW, and I would have to make it. Any thoughts anyone?
Looking at the laws, it appears that if I got a smoothbore pistol, it would be an AOW, and would be legal for ownership. If I got some very shallow, almost straight rifling in it, it would not be an AOW, and it doesn't appear that it would be a DD because it would be chambered for a shotshell, which "is particularly suitable for sporting purposes." So does that mean it is a normal, perfectly legal pistol?
Another issue is acquiring it. Which is the appropriate way:
1) A custom barrel maker creates a barrel for me, which doesn't require any ATF approval, then ships me the barrel, and I have to send in the ATF form requesting approval to "make" the AOW (aka installing a new barrel)? or
2) The custom maker submits the ATF form and then sells me the whole AOW? From what I can tell, an out of state manufacturer couldn't sell me an AOW, and I would have to make it. Any thoughts anyone?
