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4/2/2004 10:32:31 PM EDT
I remember seeing that you have to have at leat X amount of inches for a rifle to remain legal.

How few inches can a rifle be and still be legal?

What's the Minimum Over All Length?

-UHLEK-
4/3/2004 9:54:07 AM EDT
[#1]
Not sure if it varies by state or not but where I'm at it is:

16" min barrel- anything less is an SBR (NFA class)...

and IIRC 26" to 30" OAL is considered a pistol- less OAL is a no-no.
4/3/2004 10:05:42 AM EDT
[#2]
16" minimun barrel length
26" minimum OAL


18 USC 921(a)(8)The term ''short-barreled rifle'' means a rifle having one or more barrels less than sixteen inches in length and any weapon made from a rifle (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if such weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than twenty-six inches.

4/4/2004 8:59:53 PM EDT
[#3]
18" on shotguns, 16" is only for rifles.
4/5/2004 11:28:23 AM EDT
[#4]
Shaggy and Dano have it.

16" min. barrel length for rifles
18" min. barrel length for shotguns

26" min. over-all length for either.
4/5/2004 1:57:51 PM EDT
[#5]

Quoted:
Shaggy and Dano have it.

16" min. barrel length for rifles
18" min. barrel length for shotguns

26" min. over-all length for either.



LOL_ That's odd in reading my post it appears I "have it" as well!!

The original question DID specify rifle- not shotgun.

-the nit-picking, but knowledgeable GoGo
4/6/2004 8:00:55 PM EDT
[#6]
I thought shotguns were 28 inch minimum OAL
4/7/2004 10:31:46 AM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Shaggy and Dano have it.

16" min. barrel length for rifles
18" min. barrel length for shotguns

26" min. over-all length for either.



LOL_ That's odd in reading my post it appears I "have it" as well!!

The original question DID specify rifle- not shotgun.

-the nit-picking, but knowledgeable GoGo



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