I'm going by pure speculation here but if a smoothbore .410 revolver were legal, I do believe someone would be making one. It would definitely have a place as a long(er) range snake gun than say the Judge or Governor.I know that there is a limit on the size of a smooth bore handgun. I know the.410 is under that size.
I was thinking that the 32 was close, but the 28 ( 54 caliber) was too big.
Any body know if it's been done?
So if you rifled it with a 1 in 10' twist rate, would that be counted as a rifled barrel?I'm going by pure speculation here but if a smoothbore .410 revolver were legal, I do believe someone would be making one. It would definitely have a place as a long(er) range snake gun than say the Judge or Governor.
I think the size isn't the issue. It's the ammo. "Shot" through a smoothbore is what makes it a shotgun per the ATF definition, not the caliber. Kentucky Ballistics has a .600 Nitro Express Contender that is legal and it a .60 caliber.
I like the way you think.So if you rifled it with a 1 in 10' twist rate, would that be counted as a rifled barrel?
Rifled is rifled. They dont specify a twist rate. LOL
It was at the NRA annual meeting in St. Louis several years ago.Legal? Yes. With the proper NFA paperwork. You are creating a short barreled shotgun.
Taurus did this with a 28 gauge many years ago. They had it at a show and it was promptly dropped.
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I had contemplated this exact thought.So if you rifled it with a 1 in 10' twist rate, would that be counted as a rifled barrel?
Rifled is rifled. They dont specify a twist rate. LOL
I'm prettyI'm going by pure speculation here but if a smoothbore .410 revolver were legal, I do believe someone would be making one. It would definitely have a place as a long(er) range snake gun than say the Judge or Governor.
I think the size isn't the issue. It's the ammo. "Shot" through a smoothbore is what makes it a shotgun per the ATF definition, not the caliber. Kentucky Ballistics has a .600 Nitro Express Contender that is legal and it a .60 caliber.
I know that there is a limit on the size of a smooth bore handgun. I know the.410 is under that size.
I was thinking that the 32 was close, but the 28 ( 54 caliber) was too big.
Any body know if it's been done?
Again, my opinion only, but since it's rifled, you'd be fine.Going back over the ATFE website, it's apparent that I was once fed bad info. So my next question would be if I wanted to build a 32 guage rifled pistol , would that fall under the AOW definition?