I just heard that people in California are building single shot, bolt action Glocks to get around the insane laws there. Has anyone else heard of this or is it just a bunch of nonsense?
I just heard that people in California are building single shot, bolt action Glocks to get around the insane laws there. Has anyone else heard of this or is it just a bunch of nonsense?
That's a few years old news.
Essentially the gun is converted to single shot to take advantage of the side shot exemption (SSE) to get handguns not on the roster.
They'd use a mag block and different barrel or barrel insert or something. I never did it so I'm not well versed.
Buyer gets gun and converts it back to semi auto.
CA put a stop to that at least about 3 yrs ago. I believe they redefined what a single shot is .... top break and bolt actions I believe....
People don't realize it's expensive to live there but near impossible to move. Other things like work and family keep them there. The sad but true thing is these people are neutering these guns to stay legal while the law makers make the laws they think protect that disarm law abiding gun owner, but in reality there protecting the criminals.
If that is true - having observed manufacturing/ownership dodge in the past - my take is this.
A single shot or repeater *Glock* would allow one to own a Glock frame where a semi-auto may be at issue and then get a slide as one sees fit.
Me.... I'd just get a revolver because the dodge above still implies ownership of offending magazines.
Todd.
If I were paid a billion or two dollars to move to California - the second billion to relocate my friends in the style to which they would like to become accustomed - I would probably focus on revolvers, too. I actually shoot my Pythons when the sixgun urge strikes.
No, that's not true as Glocks are on roster and sell quite well out here.I just heard that people in California are building single shot, bolt action Glocks to get around the insane laws there. Has anyone else heard of this or is it just a bunch of nonsense?
You could just leave your Pythons with me when you move to California, Jim. I would take good care of them!
BOARHUNTER
It did not change. The Single Action exemption is still intact.It is simple to render a DA revolver single action, and simple to return it to DA.
I wonder if the definition was changed along with the end of the single shot exemption.
Actually a much more practical way is to have the DA parts removed to render it SAO...then later, after DROS, re-install the partsNo DA revolver can be sold into the state if it is not on the roster, and none of the old classic S&W and Colt revolvers are. For practical purposes, the only legal way to get one is to find one that was in the state prior to the law
I just heard that people in California are building single shot, bolt action Glocks to get around the insane laws there. Has anyone else heard of this or is it just a bunch of nonsense?
No, that's not true as Glocks are on roster and sell quite well out here.
But it is true that there are suckers in states outside Cali. that will believe anything they hear about the state.
Oh by the way, I can sell you a Single Shot Bolt Action Glock factory new for $500. Contact me if you are interested.
Or this for $1500. Big seller out here!
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There is also a Single Action Exemption for revolvers in California.
Obviously meant for the SAAs in Hollywood prop departments