What's A Good Inexpensive C&R SXS for AOW Project?

[AMDG]

I'm kicking around getting a C&R side by side crack barrel shotgun for an AOW project. Can anyone recommend something cheap that fits the bill? Has anyone done this?

Thanks.

[ke6guj]

To make an AOW, you don't need a C&R host gun, but the host gun can never have had a shoulder stock. I am not aware of anyone currently making Pistol Grip only SxS or O/U "shotguns" that could be used as a AOW host gun. M24armorer went to the Shot show a year or two ago and talked to every manufacturer he could in order to line up a supply of AOW SxS or O/U hosts, to no avial.

[AMDG]

Thanks, Jack. Thanks to your famous AOW or SBS/SBR in CA post, I know I don't need a C&R host (as I eventually want to do a Serbu-type project as well). I just bet its easier to find a C&R SXS that it is to find a never-had-a-shoulder-stock-on-it SXS.

I image people have done a ton of these and I'm hoping for some guidance on some good relatively inexpensive candidates.

[ke6guj]

OK, you want to make an SBS from a C&R host shotgun. If it ever had a stock, it is an SBS. Two identical appearing firearms, one could be an SBS if it originally had a shoulder stock, the other an AOW if it never had a shoulder stock.

The issue is that ATF seems to have changed their mind and is no longer approving Form 1s for SBSs built on C&R host guns. So, if the C&R SBS Form 1 option is gone, then then AOW route is the only option. Which means modern PG-only host guns, which is only Mossberg and Remington for the most part.

[AMDG]

Thanks, Jack. I didn't realize the ATF was no longer approving those. Bummer.

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