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Specialty Handgun Hunting
Recommend barrel lenght?
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<blockquote data-quote="biednick" data-source="post: 2889346" data-attributes="member: 123604"><p>That letter from the ATF says possession of a stock and a barrel under 16" does not equate to possession of a short barreled rifle. It essentially kills the idea of constructive possession in some circumstances. It doesn't say anything that could imply converting an Encore or similar firearm originally assembled as a rifle to a pistol is legal without registration.</p><p></p><p>In the NFA a short barreled rifle is defined as a rifle with a barrel under 16", or a weapon made from a rifle if that weapon has a barrel under 16" or an OAL under 26". </p><p></p><p>crazymonkey's Encore was originally assembled as a rifle. Cutting the barrel to less than 16" or reducing the OAL to less than 26" would turn it into an SBR. </p><p></p><p>The letter you link explicitly address this:</p><p></p><p>"Nonetheless, if a handgun or other weapon with an overall length of less than 26 inches, or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length is assembled or otherwise produced from a weapon originally assembled or produced only as a rifle, such a weapon is a "weapon</p><p>made from a rifle" as defined by 26 U.S.C. 5845(a)(4). Such a weapon would not be a "pistol" because the weapon was not originally designed, made, and intended to fire a projectile by one hand"</p><p></p><p>"Held further, a firearm, as defined by 26 U.S.C. 5845(a)(4), is made when a handgun or other weapon with an overall length of less than 26 inches, or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length, is assembled or produced from a weapon originally assembled or produced only as a rifle. Such weapons must be registered and are subject to all requirements of the NFA."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="biednick, post: 2889346, member: 123604"] That letter from the ATF says possession of a stock and a barrel under 16" does not equate to possession of a short barreled rifle. It essentially kills the idea of constructive possession in some circumstances. It doesn't say anything that could imply converting an Encore or similar firearm originally assembled as a rifle to a pistol is legal without registration. In the NFA a short barreled rifle is defined as a rifle with a barrel under 16", or a weapon made from a rifle if that weapon has a barrel under 16" or an OAL under 26". crazymonkey's Encore was originally assembled as a rifle. Cutting the barrel to less than 16" or reducing the OAL to less than 26" would turn it into an SBR. The letter you link explicitly address this: "Nonetheless, if a handgun or other weapon with an overall length of less than 26 inches, or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length is assembled or otherwise produced from a weapon originally assembled or produced only as a rifle, such a weapon is a “weapon made from a rifle” as defined by 26 U.S.C. 5845(a)(4). Such a weapon would not be a “pistol” because the weapon was not originally designed, made, and intended to fire a projectile by one hand" "Held further, a firearm, as defined by 26 U.S.C. 5845(a)(4), is made when a handgun or other weapon with an overall length of less than 26 inches, or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length, is assembled or produced from a weapon originally assembled or produced only as a rifle. Such weapons must be registered and are subject to all requirements of the NFA." [/QUOTE]
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