Sawed offs are da bomb (or "2LTs with too much time and money on their hands)

[wdlsguy]

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/wbardwel/public/nfalist/nfa_faq.txt

Search for "State NFA restrictions". Ohio is NFA friendly.

 

[lightweight]

 

[The Punisher]

Third Rail, yes the top two in my last post are Stoeger side-by-sides, while the hammer gun is an old Russian Tula model. All are in excellent condition. I pride myself on the woodwork I do even if they are guns just for screwing around with; I think a quality product is important. Plus, not too many own something neat like this. My Class 3 dealer helped with the barrel chop portion and the BATF paperwork involved. I attached a couple more photos for those interested. The Stoeger has a 9" barrel and the Russian is 10-3/4". Both are a blast to shoot. Recoil isn't as bad as one would expect or crazy looking like you might see in a movie.

 

[Steam dragon]

Ok, Now I realy AM thinking of cutting down the J.Stevens hammer gun I bought (with that in mind)
The fact that it is about a hundred years old does concern me, though.

 

[TonyRumore]

Here's a pic of a short over under I made awhile back. I think it looks pretty cool myself.

 

[stiletto raggio]

Did you have to weaken the springs in order to make these short barrels easy to break open? I noticed just going from 26" to 18" makes a big difference due toe the change in leverage.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Two "weapons" in a SD situation are Seeing and Hearing.
To me, the muzzle flash and blast of a very short shotgun
could be a disadvantage. Plus, in court in a SD case, a
prosecutor waving about "this demon gangster weapon from
Hades with PMS" could have some jurors wondering ***?

OTOH I do own two "snake guns" myself.

 

[Steam dragon]

Ok, so I'm a wuss.

I bought my J. Stevens 235 with the express purpose of cutting it down either to minimum + .5 in, or go ahead and do the paperwork.

I couldnt do it.

Then I read this thread, and decided, "Go for it!"

That lasted untill I got the barrels into the vice.

Again, I just couldn't cut a 100 year old gun.

So I cut the barrel on an old Rossi single shot that has been quietly rusting up in my closet for years. 18.5X30.25 Bl, OAL and it shoots better now than it did before.

Y'all are just a (bad) influence, I guess...

Regarding the question posed earlier about opening the action, I have more trouble closing it than opening...

 

[Steam dragon]

Looking through the threads I reply to, I wonder why so many of them I'm the last post...

Must need to change my screen name to "Thread Killer"

Further regarding the Rossi, I have been taking it to meat shoots at my club this past summer.

I have managed to get the freezer 3/4 full over the course of the summer.

Yesterday was the last of the season.

I didnt win didley!

But of 22 shooters, 17 (me included) used my gun . (Rules say any shooter can "borrow" any gun. Refusal to loan gets you banned from the shoots)
My gun won every leg of the shoot. Too bad I wasn't the one shooting.:banghead:

Funny thing, Prior to shooting, guns must be checked for choke.
There is a minimum bore for each Ga (nothing tighter than "Full" allowed). Mine gets measured for barrel length each time, 'cause the no-go plug just falls in.

 

[benelli12]

punisher, have you fired your sawn offs at night? If so, I bet the muzzle flash was huge

 

[scout26]

AAAAAAHHHHHHHH Thread Nercomancy.

Steam Dragon, a better name would be: Thread Killer Zombie.

PS. I'm glad you didn't hack those 100 year old barrels.

 

[RevolvingCylinder]

I guess I missed this thread but I've never seen how compact 18 1/2" X 28" really is. It looks good though I don't care much for the rear of the stocks.

 

[ysr_racer]