.410 Revolvers,

[alsea]

Are the various revolvers that will shoot .410 shotgun shells or 45 long colt legal to own in California? I don't want one but I have a friend that thinks that would be the ideal snake gun and asked me about them. I thought I read somewhere they were not Cal. legal.

[checkenbach]

NOPE. Short barrel shotgun=felony. Unless converted to AOW. Thanks for enlightening me on this.

[wash]

I believe they might be legal if bought with an AOW tax stamp but then it's a revolving magazine shotgun which might be banned under the "assault weapon ban".

What I have heard is that they are neither good revolvers nor good shotguns so they aren't worth the bother.

[ke6guj]

I believe they might be legal if bought with an AOW tax stamp

correct, if converted into an legal AOW, it can then be possessed in CA.

but then it's a revolving magazine shotgun which might be banned under the "assault weapon ban".

nope, not a shotgun since it was never designed to be fired from the shoulder. Therefore, the Shotgun AW regs should not apply to it.

What I have heard is that they are neither good revolvers nor good shotguns so they aren't worth the bother.

thats the way I feel so I have never wasted the time to get one legally.

[350skylark]

they make shell shots witch are supposed to be designed for pests like snakes i believe and the come in different calibers, ive heard they function like crap in auto pistols but might not be bad in a revolver

http://www.cci-ammunition.com/products/pestcontrol_specialty.aspx