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  • 3RDGEARGRNDRR
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2011
    • 900

    Shortest minimal OAL for a single shot rifle?

    Does anyone have the appropriate regulation for minimal length single shot rifle?
    Is it the same as any other rifle? is it the same for Rimfire vs centerfire?
    Many years ago, I thought I had read it had to be 26" or greater. Now I cannot find it. Wanted to be sure. Thanks in advance.
    CA: Exorcising my 2A rights
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    MarikinaMan
    Veteran Member
    • Nov 2015
    • 4864

    The 30" minimum OAL for semi-auto centerfire rifles is part of the assault weapons laws. [PC 12276.1(a)(3)]

    The 26" minimum OAL for all rifles (centerfire & rimfire) is part of the short barrel rifle laws. [PC 12020(c)(2)]

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      ar15barrels
      I need a LIFE!!
      • Jan 2006
      • 57122

      Originally posted by MarikinaMan
      The 30" minimum OAL for semi-auto centerfire rifles is part of the assault weapons laws. [PC 12276.1(a)(3)]

      The 26" minimum OAL for all rifles (centerfire & rimfire) is part of the short barrel rifle laws. [PC 12020(c)(2)]
      Time to get with the new numbers...
      12276.1 is no longer used.

      30515.
      (a) Notwithstanding Section 30510, “assault weapon” also means any of the following:
      (1) A semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that does not have a fixed magazine but has any one of the following:
      (A) A pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon.
      (B) A thumbhole stock.
      (C) A folding or telescoping stock.
      (D) A grenade launcher or flare launcher.
      (E) A flash suppressor.
      (F) A forward pistol grip.
      (2) A semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that has a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.
      (3) A semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that has an overall length of less than 30 inches.
      (4) A semiautomatic pistol that does not have a fixed magazine but has any one of the following:
      (A) A threaded barrel, capable of accepting a flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer.
      (B) A second handgrip.
      (C) A shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, the barrel that allows the bearer to fire the weapon without burning the bearer’s hand, except a slide that encloses the barrel.
      (D) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip.
      (5) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.
      (6) A semiautomatic shotgun that has both of the following:
      (A) A folding or telescoping stock.
      (B) A pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon, thumbhole stock, or vertical handgrip.
      (7) A semiautomatic shotgun that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine.
      (8) Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder.
      (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 48, Sec. 1. (SB 880) Effective January 1, 2017.)
      Neither is 12020:

      17170.
      As used in this part, “short-barreled rifle” means any of the following:
      (a) A rifle having a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length.
      (b) A rifle with an overall length of less than 26 inches.
      (c) Any weapon made from a rifle (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if that weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length.
      (d) Any device that may be readily restored to fire a fixed cartridge which, when so restored, is a device defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive.
      (e) Any part, or combination of parts, designed and intended to convert a device into a device defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, or any combination of parts from which a device defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, may be readily assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the same person.
      (Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 103, Sec. 6. (AB 1798) Effective January 1, 2015.)
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