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Lets see some pics of your tactical shottys!
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I basically have this exact set up but use a Streamlight so its built into the frond and I refused the speed stock and just used the side saddle! Looks like you got. heat shield too! I def need one of those! Awesome Shotty!This is my Mossberg 590A1. I added a Surefire light, a sideshell carrier, and a speedfeed stock.
I just recently added a heatshield to it.
My latest addition is a Belgian Browning A5 Semi-Automatic Shotgun converted into a "Whippit Gun" as modelled and used to good effect by Bonnie Parker of the infamous Bonnie & Clyde Outlaw gang of the early 1930s. The Buttstock of the A5 cannot be reduced any further as you will run into the rear of the operating system which is set back internally into the stock. The Barrel would normally be cut-off slightly shorter, however in order to retain Non-Restricted status in Canada I had to maintain the Barrel length over 18.5", so it is what it is. Close enough for indoor work! A sling/bungee was fitted to the buttstock and hung over the strong-side shoulder underneath a long jacket. When their hold-ups were sprung Bonnie would simply "Whip It" out of her jacket with sufficient menace to ensure the willing compliance of bank employees and their clients!
The original "Whippit Gun" in a playful posed photo:
I secured a spare, used Buttstock with the original Belgique Butt-Plate before committing to cut the existing, previously modified Buttstock!
The original "Whippit Gun" in a playful posed photo:
I secured a spare, used Buttstock with the original Belgique Butt-Plate before committing to cut the existing, previously modified Buttstock!
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Added Chisel folder and Aimpoint ACRO C-2 to my Mossberg 590A1 brush gun. Thanks to Casey at TacOrd. Superb service!!!
Beretta 1301 with Aridus Imperium Handguard, EOTech EXPS2-0GRN w/ QD Mount, Blue Force Vickers Sling, TacOrd Chamber Flag and Match Saver.
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Heck, mine only cost $450..... I reckon provenance is everything!
Yep. You'd need a new manufacture barrel if you want to go shorter than 18" and it would be restricted with an under 18.5" barrel length, but it's really fundamentally no different than a Mossberg 990 Aftershock and those are legal in both restricted and non-restricted versions.
For instance:
Restricted - https://firearmsoutletcanada.com/mossberg-990-aftershock-12ga-2-3-4-or-3-14-75-barrel-6-shot-83003/
Non-restricted - https://firearmsoutletcanada.com/mossberg-990-aftershock-12ga-2-3-4-or-3-18-5-barrel-6-shot-83002/
Mark
You cannot go below 18.5" or you wade into criminally dangerous waters. Anything over 18.5" is yours to do with as you will. Insofar as I know, plenty of long barrels get chopped down to 18.6" - both rifles and shotguns.
With a shotgun, unless you have a Police or Military Barrel with thick walls most commercial shotgun barrels are quite thin and relatively soft steel. You don't need to pay a professional gunsmith a premium when a regular plumbing Pipe-Cutter will do the job with ease. You just have to recrown the barrel after the fact with a Dremel grinding stone to remove the ring of metal which gets "pushed in" to the bore. Easy, peasey. The best part with a Pipe-Cutter is that you get a cut square to the line of the bore, unlike the uneven results that often come from the use of a Hack-Saw....
Just remember that when cutting a barrel over 18.5" down to the legal minimum, the 26" overall minimum length rule also applies. A folding stock is therefore likely a no-no.
I am definitely no expert, but the above is how I understand current laws.
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You can absolutely cut the barrel, but there are length limits in the law. Going under 470mm (18.50") makes a semi-auto restricted. Going under 457mm (17.99") makes any gun (semi or manual action) prohibited. As Bartok5 says, you also have to stay over 660mm (25.98") overall length or that makes it a prohib. I use the metric dimensions because that is what is in the law. The inch conversions are just for convenience for those of us who think in imperial.
If you were wondering about the practicality of cutting the barrel, it is no problem. People cut down barrels with a hacksaw all the time. The steel is not super hard or tough to deal with. By far the hardest part is getting a nice clean, square muzzle after you are all done and even that isn't too terrible if you're at all handy with tools.
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