Quick legal question for you guys:
I've got two stevens/springfield model 87 .22 rifles. Just got a new (to me) one, but the other was my first gun, so I've had a few years to figure it out. So, in years of clearing horrific jams, some of which required me to take the action out of the stock, I've learned that if you fire the gun outside of the stock, it makes it incredibly easy to bump fire. It basically bump fires itself, in fact. Which is fun, and I don't feel like I'm burning through dough shooting .22. Most shots are aimed (some even on target!), but it's nice to let loose now and again.
This was always fun and alright with me as a kid, and it was always just a couple rounds to make sure the jam was cleared, etc. Now, it's still just as much fun. But I'm also now familiar with (thanks to THR and the internet at large) the '34 NFA, and I can't shake the feeling that this much fun has got to be worth a $200 tax to the fine folks at the BATFE.
These rifles are well over 26" overall even out of the stock, so SBR is right out, but am I making an AOW by doing this?
I've got two stevens/springfield model 87 .22 rifles. Just got a new (to me) one, but the other was my first gun, so I've had a few years to figure it out. So, in years of clearing horrific jams, some of which required me to take the action out of the stock, I've learned that if you fire the gun outside of the stock, it makes it incredibly easy to bump fire. It basically bump fires itself, in fact. Which is fun, and I don't feel like I'm burning through dough shooting .22. Most shots are aimed (some even on target!), but it's nice to let loose now and again.
This was always fun and alright with me as a kid, and it was always just a couple rounds to make sure the jam was cleared, etc. Now, it's still just as much fun. But I'm also now familiar with (thanks to THR and the internet at large) the '34 NFA, and I can't shake the feeling that this much fun has got to be worth a $200 tax to the fine folks at the BATFE.
These rifles are well over 26" overall even out of the stock, so SBR is right out, but am I making an AOW by doing this?
