...with a BARREL LENGTH of 16 inches or greater, no sir it would not be a short barreled rifle. Here's what I've always been told, since working at a gun store about that. "It's not necessarily an AOW but I know it's illegal." Barrel length 16", OAL less than 26", started life as a rifle. It FOR SURE is not an SBR or SBS respectivelyIt would be a short barrel rifle.