sawed off shotguns?

You may have to refine your question a bit.
There are plenty of posts regarding shotguns that have been converted to Short Barreled Shotguns in accordance with the National Firearms Act.
 
I think he is asking, "Has anyone had a perfectly good shotgun just to saw it off. Or did you saw off an older, cheaper model?"

You should've put this in the NFA section, there are plenty of people with saw off's there.
 
A person CAN saw off, or shorten, a shotgun barrel without NFA paperwork by keeping the barrel longer than 18" and the OAL longer than 26". Perhaps he means taking something like an old Model 12 and making it into a HD gun? (Seems to be a popular thread series lately)
 
My Fathers 1954 Stevens 311 16ga. He left it in a wet soft case and it was ruined.

We restored it completely down to new internals, refinished wood. Had the 28" barrel re blued in a hot tank. What happened is the brazing softened and the barrels warped badly to the left. I mean real bad, you could shoot around corners. Was relegated to a wall hanger.

One day I was looking at it thinking I can make this useful. Chopped it to 18", zip tied a Streamlight TL2 with pressure switch, and now its my HD gun.

The stock is dry rotted and I need to find another but 16GA 311's are non existent.

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I have had shotguns shortened, and the results have been mixed. I've also rehabbed a botched Savage/Stevens 311 in 20 gauge and turned it into a fair to middlin' bird gun.

I'm no rabid Anti, but at times I think there should be REASONABLE limits on hacksaw possession and a 30 day waiting period on saw purchases.

Think twice, then cut once, if at all.
 
I recently cut a 12 gauge H&R single shot to 19 inches. Makes a wonderful truck gun. Go take a look at Clint Smith's video if you don't think a single shot is a viable HD gun. You learn to reload quickly in a dove field when the birds are coming in hot and heavy and you are using a single shot.
 
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I have a Navy Arms SXS muzzleloader. It had a gouge in one barrel about four inches from the muzzle. I cut that off and reinstalled the sight. It's a 24 inch gun now instead of a 28".
Pete
 
The judge is a "Rifled" handgun... Not a shotgun... thus it is not a short barreld shotgun...

It is a .45Colt that will "also"
accept the .410 shot shell...

Brent
 
The other point of note... Bores in excess of .50cal for "cartridges" are not considered "normal sporting calibers" so you won't ever see a LARGE BORE revolver capable of firing 28, 20, 16, 12 or 10 gauge shotshells...

Contender had 12 gauge barrels at one time on their hand gun frame and I remember a 10" "bullbarrel" IIRC.... I think they had to cease manufacturing them due to the "No Handguns Over .50 Cal" wording... But as usual, I may be 100% wrong...

Brent
 
My dad had a 16 ga. Stevens No. 215 SXS hammer gun made in the early 1930's that he sold to a hunting buddy in 1950. His buddy cut off the barrels to 20" to shoot rats at the local grain elevator. Dad's buddy, now in his 80's, (dad is 93 and still shoots skeet and hunts doves) gave that old hammer gun to me. It still shoots great, putting 90% of 1 oz #7-1/2 loads in a 30" circle at 20 yards. I shot 19/25 wobble clays with it (1 single and 2 report pairs at each station) where most shots are 20-35 yards. Still, I wish he hadn't cut off the barrels.
 
BarkeyVA, I have a similar gun. It is a 12 gauge "J Stevens A&T Co" model #225. Does your gun have 2 3/4 inch chambers? Mine will chamber and fire 2 3/4 inch shells, but I suspect it is actually chambered for the old 2 9/16 inch shells. It isn't cut down. I bought a 250 round case of 2.5 inch low pressure shells to use on the dove field from time to time. Should last me a while.

It saw service earlier this summer on a watermelon patch security detail.;)
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redlevel42

Mine is a Springfield 215 manufactured by the M.S.Stevens Arms Co.
Chambers are not marked, but according to the 1931 Springfield Arms Catalogue No. 58, 12 ga. 215's were chambered 2-3/4" and 16 ga. guns were chambered 2-5/8". My gunsmith said it was OK to shoot 2-3/4" shells in it, but I can't remember if he actually measured the chambers.

I've shot 1 box of 1 oz. Remington Game Loads and a few boxes of 1 oz. Federal and Fiocchi field loads with it. There are a couple of small cracks in the stock right behind the frame, so I probably should buy some 2.5" low pressure shells. What shells did you buy?
 
Polywad also makes low pressure shells. Their factory is just a few miles from me. They normally sell only mail order, but the owner seemed pleased to show me around his operation. I bought a case of 20 gauge 2.5 inchers for my Parker Trojan Model as well as the 12 gauge shells. He gave me a handful of 2" 12 gauge shells that I have used for squirrel control here in the yard.

http://www.polywad.com/vintager.html
 
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