Why would you ruin a non restricted rifle to make it restricted when you can sell it and buy a restricted version for less money?
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- Thread starter Gatehouse
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Why would you ruin a non restricted rifle to make it restricted when you can sell it and buy a restricted version for less money?
Shortening a barrel to less than 18.5 inches makes the barrel prohibited, even if the firearm itself is already restricted, and the change would not otherwise cause its classification to change (like an AR for instance). In other words, it's not a thing.
Don't be silly Gatehouse. Of course it would have to be done by a Smith, verified and registered as a restricted...
onetwentyish
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Close. You may shorten a barrel to 18" but anything under that makes the barrel a prohibited item. Your semi-auto center-fire firearms become restricted with barrels less than 18.5".
What’s really silly is doing all this and ending up with a prohibited barrel instead of just buying a restricted gun in the first place.
What's really really silly is paying money to convert a non restricted firearm to restricted when you could sell it and buy the restricted version for less money.
And silly is the polite wording I must use to keep myself from getting another infraction.
onetwentyish
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- East Central AB (AKA Northern Texas)
Correct. The law does not permit altering barrel length below 18", but new barrels manufactured from a blank are fine.
