Tallbald
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It would be nice to have a thread with photos of shoulder stocked cap and ball pistols and revolvers, to feed our minds and lead to thinning of our wallets. Don
higene Post #11 said:I just did it because I could. I noticed that it looked like it would fit the ROA so I disassembled both guns and set up the Ruger. There was a space at the top that had to be dealt with (I believe I fabbed up a clothes pin to fill the gap). It shot O.K. If one were to go forward with it one would have to cut on the stock and make modifications.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=519502&highlight=ROA+Stock
Short-barreled rifle (SBR) is a legal designation in the United States, referring to a shoulder-fired, rifled firearm with a barrel length of less than 16 inches (40.6 cm) or overall length of less than 26 inches (66.0 cm)....
...SBRs may be created by trimming down a larger rifle, by building a rifle with an original barrel shorter than 16 inches, or by adding a shoulder stock to a handgun which is fitted with a barrel shorter than 16 inches, thereby legally redefining it as a rifle rather than a handgun. Each of these processes must legally be accompanied by BATFE registration...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-barreled_rifle
...Certain old handguns originally available with shoulder stocks, such as original broomhandle Mausers or Lugers, made before 1946, more likely to be valued as curios or relics than as weapons, have been removed from federal SBR restriction but may be restricted under local gun laws.[2] Certain "trapper model" rifles originally factory-made before 1934 with barrels under 16 inches have similarly been removed from federal SBR restriction (the BATFE publishes a Curios and Relics List of models and serial number ranges). While SBRs on the Curio & Relic List are not "firearms" regulated under the 1934 National Firearms Act, they are still "firearms" regulated by the 1968 Gun Control Act....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-barreled_rifle