Smooth Bore Pistol Input > General NFA Questions

Posted: 3/28/2008 10:58:05 PM EDT

Just out of curiosity - Can someone please post the statute that says a smoothbore pistol is a NFA item. I see in the laws where shotgun shell firing pistols and revolvers are considered NFA but no specs as to single projectile guns. Thank you.

Posted: 3/29/2008 5:30:50 AM EDT

[#1]

The term “any other weapon” means any weapon or device capable of being concealed on the person from which a shot can be discharged through the energy of an explosive, a pistol or revolver having a barrel with a smooth bore designed or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell, weapons with combination shotgun and rifle barrels 12 inches or more, less than 18 inches in length, from which only a single discharge can be made from either barrel without manual reloading, and shall include any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire. Such term shall not include a pistol or a revolver having a rifled bore, or rifled bores, or weapons designed, made, or intended to be fired from the shoulder and not capable of firing fixed ammunition.

26 USC 5845(e)

I think I see what you mean: What if you had a pistol or revolver having a barrel with a smooth bore not designed or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell?

Posted: 4/19/2008 2:37:31 AM EDT

[#2]

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Posted: 4/21/2008 4:08:00 AM EDT

[#3]

Then you would have a muzzle-loader, which would be considered an antique.

Posted: 4/21/2008 10:12:43 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:

The term “any other weapon” means any weapon or device capable of being concealed on the person from which a shot can be discharged through the energy of an explosive, a pistol or revolver having a barrel with a smooth bore designed or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell, weapons with combination shotgun and rifle barrels 12 inches or more, less than 18 inches in length, from which only a single discharge can be made from either barrel without manual reloading, and shall include any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire. Such term shall not include a pistol or a revolver having a rifled bore, or rifled bores, or weapons designed, made, or intended to be fired from the shoulder and not capable of firing fixed ammunition.

26 USC 5845(e)

I think I see what you mean: What if you had a pistol or revolver having a barrel with a smooth bore not designed or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell?

I've got a S&W 1917 .45acp revolver that was smooth bored in the 50s. It's an AOW, but it wasn't designed for fixed shotgun shells.

FWIW,

Mike

Posted: 4/22/2008 4:36:50 AM EDT

[#5]

Those were designed (or redesigned) to take special shot shells that fit in the chambers, so, yes, it takes fixed shot shells.

"Fixed" ammunition has the projectile, powder and primer held together with a casing of some sort, so even though the ammo in question isn't a "traditional" shotgun shell, it's still fixed ammunition containing shot.

Apparently these smooth-bored handguns were popular back when. I have a High Standard Model S, which is a smooth-bore .22 pistol. Pretty useless unless you like to wing-shoot bees.

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