Originally posted by Powderman
It has to be 18" in barrel length, PERIOD, anywhere in the United States, unless you are willing to go through the NFA paperwork.
Anything other than that is a violation of federal law, subjecting you to heavy fines, arrest, and imprisonment.
If you really, really didn't know this, then no harm, no foul.
If you did, be advised--no one here is going to give you any advice on how to break the law. Really bad try.
If you happen to work for an organization whose name starts with the letters A, T, and F---not even a good try, fella. Get inventive at least, would ya?
Powderman:
First: If you read my profile I dont work for any organization that starts with A and ends with F. My credentials end with D.C. and I work for an organization with the intitals U.C.R.
Second: Like I said before I am new to shotguns and rifles so with this interest comes is a quest for knowledge, hence my post. There is no intention to break the law.
Third: After reading something mentioned about NFA paperwork from your post I did some research and found "
NFA weapons are: machine guns, sound suppressors (a.k.a.
silencers), short barreled shotguns, short barreled rifles,
destructive devices and "any other weapons". Exactly what these weapons are is defined in the law, as well as in court cases
interpreting the law. With out going into to much detail, these are
what the categories encompass:
A machine gun is any gun that can fire more than one shot with
a single pull of the trigger, or a receiver of a machine gun, or a
combination of parts for assembling a machine gun, or a part or set of parts for converting a gun into a machine gun.
A silencer is any device for muffling the gunshot of a portable
firearm, or any part or parts exclusively designed or intended for
such a device (see discussion below).
A short barreled shotgun is any shotgun (which is defined as ashoulder fired, smooth bore firearm) with a barrel of less than 18"or an overall length of less than 26", or any weapon made from a shotgun falling into the same length parameters."
Forth: Last and foremost thank you for your informative post.
Happy Holidays
Respectfully
45R