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Re: Shotguns, barrel length, and laws?

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:51 am
by 5532JWK
I cut off my 870 barrel with a tubing cutter and it came out fine.

Re: Shotguns, barrel length, and laws?

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:27 am
by RSJ
I was thinking of shortening my 870, but cheaper than dirt sells HD barrels for like $100.

Re: Shotguns, barrel length, and laws?

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:36 pm
by 5532JWK
Yes, that is a good price on those barrels.

Re: Shotguns, barrel length, and laws?

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:23 pm
by KaiserB
MoJo wrote:
74novaman wrote:There is a federal limit of 18 inches. If you go shorter than that, you have to apply for a $200 permit from the atf for a Short Barreled Shotgun, or SBS.

As long as you have the tax stamp and federal paperwork, a shorter barrel is legal in Texas. WITH THE PROPER PAPERWORK. Can't emphasize that enough...if you take a hacksaw to a shotgun and take it down to 14 inches, you're inviting yourself to a nice vacation in a federal pen.
:iagree: You MUST have the paperwork BEFORE doing the modifications IIRC. There is also a minimum overall length regardless of barrel also.

you also have to get the receiver etched with the manufacturer (i.e. the person doing the mods)

Re: Shotguns, barrel length, and laws?

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:44 pm
by RSJ
Why are rifles 16.5, and shotguns 18 anyways?

Re: Shotguns, barrel length, and laws?

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:45 pm
by 74novaman
RSJ wrote:Why are rifles 16.5, and shotguns 18 anyways?
The feds picked arbitrary numbers. Kind of like some state's 10 round mag limit. Why 10? Because thats the number they picked. No good reasoning behind it.

Re: Shotguns, barrel length, and laws?

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:21 pm
by speedsix
...I use a power chopsaw for cutting wood with a 10" carbide tipped blade...shim around the tube to insure a square cut (correct the angle for the taper...wind the saw up full speed and ease it down through it...neat, clean, square...quick...no marks on the barrel...