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 18.5" barrel on my mossberg with pistol grip LEGAL OR NOT
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07/27/15 02:10 AM
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so to my understanding an 18.5" barrel with pistol grip is a little over 27" long. is this legal or not. do I need a permit to have this or not. ive heard several diff. things.
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Re: 18.5" barrel on my mossberg with pistol grip
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07/27/15 02:16 AM
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I purchased the barrel it has a bead on it. and puchased the pistol grip. to put on the gun I already have. if it makes any diff. nothing has been mod. or changed. just diff. barrel and stock
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Re: 18.5" barrel on my mossberg with pistol grip
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07/27/15 02:35 AM
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It is consider a "sawed off" if it has a barrel less than 18" and/or a total length less than 26". Be sure to check the actual law though, because That is from memory and could be wrong.
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Re: 18.5" barrel on my mossberg with pistol grip
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07/27/15 03:05 AM
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I guess check the law like advised but I don't see anything written here that looks illegal.
Pass the gravy.
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Re: 18.5" barrel on my mossberg with pistol grip
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07/27/15 11:18 AM
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Should be fine if OAL is 27". Mossberg makes a 14.5" barreled pistol grip 500 that can be had with a birdhead grip. It's 26.5" OAL and doesn't require a stamp. Considered a "firearm" not a shotgun since it never had a butt stock on it.
Last edited by TexFlip; 07/27/15 11:19 AM.
Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
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Re: 18.5" barrel on my mossberg with pistol grip
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07/27/15 03:33 PM
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Your combination is fine. To be a legal shotgun the barrel must be 18" or longer AND the overall length has to be 26" or longer. Less on either dimension is a NFA SBS.
The mention of the 14.5" version as "firearm" above is legal at federal level only if the gun came from factory with a pistol grip and never had a buttstock installed.
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Re: 18.5" barrel on my mossberg with pistol grip
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07/28/15 03:10 AM
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....which all was already written....
Pass the gravy.
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Re: 18.5" barrel on my mossberg with pistol grip
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07/28/15 04:42 AM
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