I usually hang out in the hand loading and reloading section, but I've got a shotgun question and I'm hoping that some of you fellas could shed some light on it.
A friend of mine's father recently passed away and her and her mother were starting to clean out the house and they found a shotgun and they did not know what to do with it so they gave it to me. It's very short. The barrel itself is 18 1/2 inches and the overall length is 35 1/2 inches. I called the local police department here in Las Vegas and they said the minimum length for a shotgun barrel is 12 inches.<----
sounds dangerous to me.
On the top of the right barrel it says: Florida firearms Corp.
The strip down the center says: 12 gauge 3 inch magnum shells --M&F
On the top of the left barrel it says: By Zabala Hnos. S.R.C. - EIBAR Made in Spain.
Can anybody tell me about this gun? It seems as if it's a very solid. It doesn't seem to have been sawed off in someone's garage. But I'm certainly not an expert. The front sight is installed. To me, this looks the way the gun came.
As I look at the end of the barrel, although both barrels are very thin, it looks as if the end of the barrels have some sort of microscopic chamfer on them, it's almost impossible to see, but it is there, so it doesn't look like this would be just a straight cut off job.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am certainly very leery about firing this gun, although I have plenty of other toys to play with, I'm just trying to see where I stand with this, and wrap this issue up, I don't know if this would be something a person would want for HD. If I totally chicken out, I might just wait till the local police department here has the guns for gift certificates deal.
Thanks again and have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend.
A friend of mine's father recently passed away and her and her mother were starting to clean out the house and they found a shotgun and they did not know what to do with it so they gave it to me. It's very short. The barrel itself is 18 1/2 inches and the overall length is 35 1/2 inches. I called the local police department here in Las Vegas and they said the minimum length for a shotgun barrel is 12 inches.<----
sounds dangerous to me.On the top of the right barrel it says: Florida firearms Corp.
The strip down the center says: 12 gauge 3 inch magnum shells --M&F
On the top of the left barrel it says: By Zabala Hnos. S.R.C. - EIBAR Made in Spain.
Can anybody tell me about this gun? It seems as if it's a very solid. It doesn't seem to have been sawed off in someone's garage. But I'm certainly not an expert. The front sight is installed. To me, this looks the way the gun came.
As I look at the end of the barrel, although both barrels are very thin, it looks as if the end of the barrels have some sort of microscopic chamfer on them, it's almost impossible to see, but it is there, so it doesn't look like this would be just a straight cut off job.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am certainly very leery about firing this gun, although I have plenty of other toys to play with, I'm just trying to see where I stand with this, and wrap this issue up, I don't know if this would be something a person would want for HD. If I totally chicken out, I might just wait till the local police department here has the guns for gift certificates deal.
Thanks again and have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend.
