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ATF Hates This One Trick to Get a Short Barreled Shotgun! (Ad-free)
🕑 Added 2025-07-20 19:32:24 +0000 UTCHow can you have a 12ga with a 14" barrel but not have it be an NFA-regulated Short Barreled Shotgun? And how can you have a .410 shotgun-firing pistol that isn't an NFA-regulated Any Other Weapon?
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Forgotten Weapons
Rifled shotguns have not really been the subject of much scrutiny, as far as I know. They are considered shotguns by legal definition because they fire shotgun shells - one of the defining characteristics listed in the NFA.
Baron Engel
One question Ian that I've always been hazy about is where do shotguns with rifled slug barrels fit into the legal framework? Especially since rifles over .50 caliber are often lumped under the Destructive Device category. Did ATF make an arbitrary decision on them like they've done for certain sporting cartridges?
Glenn Miller
Absolutely love the clickbait title! and the reference to the Princess Bride.
