Barrel Shroud

[shearinfinity]

Greetings Everyone,

I tried searching through posts and threads, couldn't find anything related to shotguns, but my question is, are barrel shrouds legal on shotguns? prob not rifles? lol. I can find answers for every other accessory except barrel shrouds.

[bigdawg86]

:what: face palm. Welcome to Calguns. I don't even know how to answer this. I take it you have never owned a gun?

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[Brandon04GT]

Probably not....shoulder things that go up are dangerous.

[ExtremeX]

Is that you DiFi?

[Vladimir]

a legacy for those words

[m16]

[Chaos47]

Guys remeber to be nice to new members, even if it seems like they are trolling it might be a real question. And we do not need to alienate new supporters to the cause.

Although the term barrel shroud is funny to us, navagating these laws when you are new to them can be challenging.


shearinfinity the reason for all the jokes is there is a very famous video about Carolyn McCarthy wanting to ban Barrel Shrouds but had no real idea what one was:



"Shroud" are listed under semiautomatic pistols and semiautomatic pistols alone. Therefore are legal on all other types of firearms. See the actual law:

12276.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 12276, "assault weapon" shall also mean any of the following:
(1) A semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and 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 has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and 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 his or her 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.

[shearinfinity]

Nope never owned one,

I am new, and figured a california gun forum would be a good place to start. Funny thing is i saw that video like 20 mins before I posted, but the only reason I even found the video is because there are a few things here

http://www.1alumalite.com/

That I thought looked interesting, which of course led to searching for "barrel shroud". so its legal on rifles and shotguns? what type of guns does the threaded barrel fall under? Is that also only pistols?

[bigdawg86]

Threaded barrels are generally ok in rifles... Barrel length in addition to whether or not it's threaded is more important. Maybe someone is able to further explanation of this for me.

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[Junkie]

Threaded barrel is only a feature (and therefore prohibited) on pistols. I don't see many shotguns with threaded barrels though.

[Chaos47]

Nope never owned one,

I am new, and figured a california gun forum would be a good place to start. Funny thing is i saw that video like 20 mins before I posted, but the only reason I even found the video is because there are a few things here

http://www.1alumalite.com/

That I thought looked interesting, which of course led to searching for "barrel shroud". so its legal on rifles and shotguns? what type of guns does the threaded barrel fall under? Is that also only pistols?

Yes a "shroud" is legal on rifles and shotguns. Becuase there is no law against it.
Threaded barrel only falls under pistol as well.
Please read over the law I posted. You should be able to know something is legal because you read it yourself. Not becuase some person on the web told you so.

Please also look at the CALGUNS Flow charts
Rifles:

http://www.calguns.net/caawid/flowchart.pdf

Pistols:

http://www.calguns.net/caawid/hgflowchart.pdf

Shotguns:

http://www.calguns.net/caawid/sgflowchart.pdf

[joe_gman]

I am going to assume that use mean a heat shield, which is the vented metal piece covering part of the barrel on some tactical versions of shotguns. Those are perfectly legal in California.

A "shroud" according to Cali law is a part that covers a pistol barrel that acts like a hand guard, allowing the user a separate point of contact when firing a pistol.

My bad. I just saw that you were looking for a barrel attatchment. Sorry.

[shearinfinity]

Thanks all for the help, the laws just seem a bit odd to allow some attachments but with conditions about other ones not being used at the same time. Am i right to assume that "revolving cylinder" means like the SRM M1216 revolving barrel type load and not a drum mag?

[mariley85]

i love gun laws written by people that don't know anything about guns.