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Shoulder Stock for Handguns???
- Thread starter Turk
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It's going to come from either the http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/fire-explo_pub/nfa.htm
National Firearms Act of 1934 or the http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/fire-explo_pub/gca.htm
Gun Control Act of 1968
LawDog
National Firearms Act of 1934 or the http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/fire-explo_pub/gca.htm
Gun Control Act of 1968
LawDog
I don't know exactly where, but I'll give you a rough hint. I believe the 68' Federal gun control "Laws" specified that the minimum barrel length of a Rifle is 16". I may be wrong on this point, but I've been told this is why putting a shoulder stock on a handgun is illegal.
This makes no sense to me at all, perhaps someone else here knows exactly what federal law is cited. Many states have no laws of this sort.
This makes no sense to me at all, perhaps someone else here knows exactly what federal law is cited. Many states have no laws of this sort.
It is part of NFA '34
Definition of 'firearm':
(3) a rifle having a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length; (4) a weapon made from a rifle if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length;
Definition of 'rifle':
(c) Rifle. -- The term "rifle" means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger, and shall include any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire a fixed cartridge.
Adding a shoulder stock to a pistol turns in into a 'rifle' as defined (...redesigned... and intended to be fired from the shoulder) and since it has a barrel length of 'less than 16 inches' it is classified as a 'firearm' under NFA '34 so is subject to the appropriate tax stamp ($200) and is called a 'short barrelled rifle'.
Definition of 'firearm':
(3) a rifle having a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length; (4) a weapon made from a rifle if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length;
Definition of 'rifle':
(c) Rifle. -- The term "rifle" means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger, and shall include any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire a fixed cartridge.
Adding a shoulder stock to a pistol turns in into a 'rifle' as defined (...redesigned... and intended to be fired from the shoulder) and since it has a barrel length of 'less than 16 inches' it is classified as a 'firearm' under NFA '34 so is subject to the appropriate tax stamp ($200) and is called a 'short barrelled rifle'.
M. FIREARMS - NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT (NFA)
(M1) The types of firearms that must be registered in the National Firearm
Registration and Transfer Record are defined in the NFA and in 27 CFR Part
179. What are some examples?
Some examples of the types of firearms that must be registered are:
Machineguns;
The frames or receivers of machineguns;
Any combination of parts designed and intended for use in
converting weapons into machineguns;
Any part designed and intended solely and exclusively for
converting a weapon into a machinegun;
Any combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled
if the parts are in the possession or under the control of a
person;
Silencers and any part designed and intended for fabricating a
silencer;
Short-barreled rifles;
Short-barreled shotguns;
Destructive devices; and,
"Any other weapons."
>>>>>
(M25) If a person has a pistol and an attachable shoulder stock, does this
constitute possession of an NFA firearm?
Yes, unless the barrel of the pistol is at least 16 inches in length
(and the overall length of the firearm with stock attached is at least 26
inches). However, certain stocked handguns, such as original semiautomatic
Mauser "Broomhandles" and Lugers, have been removed from the purview of the
NFA as collectors' items.
[27 CFR 179.11]
(M1) The types of firearms that must be registered in the National Firearm
Registration and Transfer Record are defined in the NFA and in 27 CFR Part
179. What are some examples?
Some examples of the types of firearms that must be registered are:
Machineguns;
The frames or receivers of machineguns;
Any combination of parts designed and intended for use in
converting weapons into machineguns;
Any part designed and intended solely and exclusively for
converting a weapon into a machinegun;
Any combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled
if the parts are in the possession or under the control of a
person;
Silencers and any part designed and intended for fabricating a
silencer;
Short-barreled rifles;
Short-barreled shotguns;
Destructive devices; and,
"Any other weapons."
>>>>>
(M25) If a person has a pistol and an attachable shoulder stock, does this
constitute possession of an NFA firearm?
Yes, unless the barrel of the pistol is at least 16 inches in length
(and the overall length of the firearm with stock attached is at least 26
inches). However, certain stocked handguns, such as original semiautomatic
Mauser "Broomhandles" and Lugers, have been removed from the purview of the
NFA as collectors' items.
[27 CFR 179.11]