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Posted: 6/18/2006 12:17:11 PM EDT
| Is a weapon with a caliber larger than .50 considered a DD or an AOW? |
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Any firearm with a bore of >.5" is a DD, unless the BATF says it has "sporting purpose". For a long time, they said that all shotguns were sporting. This is why USAS-12's and Streetsweepers were sold as title I guns. Then they later decided that those guns weren't "sporting" and presto, they became destructive devices. Similarly, the BATF has said that rifles chambered in certain cartridges >.5 are "sporting" and therefore not DD's. Mostly they're calibers used for big-game hunting like .577 Tyrannosaur, .600NE and .700NE. But a rifle chambered in 20mm is a DD, because there's no exemption for that cartridge. |
AOWs are a pretty wide class: Pen guns, knife guns, belt-buckle guns; guns fired from within cases or holsters; pistols with more than one vertical grip; shoulder-fired weapons with both rifled and smoothbore barrels between 12 and 18 inches long; non-shoulder-fired smoothbore weapons (i.e., pistol-gripped-from-the-factory shotguns) whose barrels are sub-18"; and anything else BATF can throw in there. |
One was advertised a few years ago, and someone did post it up in the GD. I want to say the guy wanted half a million for it..? But yes, one does exist.  Mike |
Actually it's a DD/MG just like the 20mm Vulcan and Oerlikon cannons. I just mentioned this in another post, but this is the only situation in all the NFA statutes where a single firearm can be in 2 categories. A DD's bore diameter and general design to fire explosive projectiles is not cancelled out by the definition of an MG. In all other categories and situations, the legal definition of the firearm cancels out another. SBS cannot be SBR, SBR cannot be MG, but an MG CAN be also a DD at the same time. And as someone already mentioned, there is a single transferable Mk-19 out there somewhere. Trouble is that at $500,000, you'd think it would come with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a full kitchen... |
Some guy named Darwin is in charge of regulating private use of flamethrowers. Mark |
The 14.5 semi and bolt action guns are DD's. LMO has one for sale right now. |
Flame Throwers are not regulated, but that's something you can look into yourself. No, a registered M16 can have any length barrel and does not require an SBR stamp. |
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