Hypothetical:
Suppose I bought a shotgun from another dude here at ODT who advertised it as being a home defense shotgun that had been cut down from a long sporting length 28 inch modified choke barrel to be an 18 inch cylinder bore only barrel.
Suppose I took his word that it was 18 inches and put it in my safe for years. I moved to another part of the country the seller got old and died. SO, NO RETURNS, NO UNDOING THE DEAL W/HIM.
After 10 years from the date I acquired it, I pull it out of my safe and decide to measure the barrel. IT's only 17 1/2 inches! (From closed bolt breechface to edge of muzzle.)
WHAT WOULD I DO ??
Give the barrel to a friend to keep at his home until he can sell it. He will be authorized to sell it at fair market value to any legal purchaser, and he can keep half the money and I'll take the other half.
Then I'll use my half of the money, plus some more money of my own, to shop around for a used barrel for this make and model shotgun that's over 18 inches.
Yeah, I'll end up having more money in this gun than I should have and it wouldn't be a very good bargain. However, that's better than being in possession of an unlawful, unregistered, short-barreled shotgun which can earn you 10 years in prison and tens of thousands of dollars in fines.
Suppose I bought a shotgun from another dude here at ODT who advertised it as being a home defense shotgun that had been cut down from a long sporting length 28 inch modified choke barrel to be an 18 inch cylinder bore only barrel.
Suppose I took his word that it was 18 inches and put it in my safe for years. I moved to another part of the country the seller got old and died. SO, NO RETURNS, NO UNDOING THE DEAL W/HIM.
After 10 years from the date I acquired it, I pull it out of my safe and decide to measure the barrel. IT's only 17 1/2 inches! (From closed bolt breechface to edge of muzzle.)
WHAT WOULD I DO ??
Give the barrel to a friend to keep at his home until he can sell it. He will be authorized to sell it at fair market value to any legal purchaser, and he can keep half the money and I'll take the other half.
Then I'll use my half of the money, plus some more money of my own, to shop around for a used barrel for this make and model shotgun that's over 18 inches.
Yeah, I'll end up having more money in this gun than I should have and it wouldn't be a very good bargain. However, that's better than being in possession of an unlawful, unregistered, short-barreled shotgun which can earn you 10 years in prison and tens of thousands of dollars in fines.