frumpy
CGN frequent flyer
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- Kingston, ON
http://globalnews.ca/news/365045/sawing-off-a-shotgun-can-mean-serious-prison-time-but-loophole-allows-new-shotguns-with-8-5-inch-barrels/
one thing they don't realize is every time they do one of their ill conceived articles they in turn make the very object they hold with such hatred even more popular, especially to those with pal's that may happen upon their site.
I like how he does not mention OAL at all in the article.
You can have short barrel, gun still has to be 26.5" to be NR.
His seems to be an essential talking point.
If a factory-produced shotgun has a barrel less than 18 inches, it’s legal so long as its overall length is greater than 660mm, or 30 inches, and the action is hand-operated, like a pump-action.
:/ Really??
Third paragraph down...
The 660mm part is right but 660/25.4( theres 25.4 mm in an inch)=25.984" so that just goes to show how knowledgeable the writer of that article is.
In Canada, a Grizzly is yours for $399, plus tax and shipping, so long as you have an ordinary gun licence which allows you to buy non-restricted firearms.
“(Short-barrelled shotguns are) something the police don’t like, because they see someone wanting one of these things as having only criminal purposes for having it,” counters Blair Hagen of the National Firearms Association.
“There are a lot of Canadians who would elect to carry handguns for defence against wildlife, and it’s a very difficult process to get authorization to do so. What we’re finding is that these short-barreled shotguns are becoming more and more popular for purposes of defence against bears and other wild animals.”
In total, the long gun registry shows 17,645 shotguns with barrel lengths under 18 inches – in all cases, if their owners had sawn them down to that length, they would have been committing a crime.
Yup. 660mm is 25.9843 inches. Not 30 inches like the author says.
hold the phone, I cant legally make my shotgun the same dimentions as say, the grizzly? Even if its still more than 27 inches???? even if i do a really really good job???????
Correct me if I'm wrong guys, But i believe you can you can if you buy off the shelf parts. ie short barrels, ect