Shotgun/rifle barrel length question

[GunsInMyEyes]

Ok so I was wondering if one can take a rifled slug barrel and cut it to like 16-16.5 inches .... I know about the destructive device bore size but I don't think that would strictly determine it being a destructive device and don't see why it couldn't be still considered sporting purposes. It would still have a overall length of 26+ inches and a non smooth rifled barrel.

[AceGirlsHusband]

What are you going to do with that bbl? Are you going to mount it on a shotgun receiver?

[edgerly779]

No a shotgun barrel minimum is 18 inches. The slug barrel is chambered for shotgun shells it is a defacto shotgun.

[AceGirlsHusband]

No a shotgun barrel minimum is 18 inches. The slug barrel is chambered for shotgun shells it is a defacto shotgun.

A barrel is not a firearm. It is a gun part. You can go to Brownell's and order a "rifled shotgun barrel" and have it sent right to your house. Having possession of a less-than-18" shotgun bbl violates no law that I know of. It isn't a SBS until you put it on a receiver to make a complete firearm. And, yes, there are those who would argue the "constructive possession" opinion - but I know of few D.A.'s who would press the charge and go to court with it (since they'd have to prove your intent to construct a SBS).

That's why I asked OP what he intended to do with said bbl.

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Penal Code 17180

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Ok so I was wondering if one can take a rifled slug barrel and cut it to like 16-16.5 inches .... I know about the destructive device bore size but I don't think that would strictly determine it being a destructive device and don't see why it couldn't be still considered sporting purposes. It would still have a overall length of 26+ inches and a non smooth rifled barrel.

Under CA laws...

Minimum barrel length for a shotgun is 18".

Does not matter if the barrel is rifled for use with slugs.

If the firearm can shoot a shotgun shell and has a barrel length of less than 18", then it's a SBS. [PC 17180(a)]

[GunsInMyEyes]

Ty quiet "retired goon"

[2shotjoe]

Get 18" and buy rifled slugs.

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[heidad01]

No a shotgun barrel minimum is 18 inches. The slug barrel is chambered for shotgun shells it is a defacto shotgun.

^^

This. 16" for rifles and 18" for shotguns. They do not care what the inside of your shotgun barrel look a like.

[ar15barrels]

16" for rifles and 18" for shotguns.

Bonus internet points for the first person that can explain WHY the barrel lengths are different for shotguns and rifles and tell the story of how that came to be...

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Bonus internet points for the first person that can explain WHY the barrel lengths are different for shotguns and rifles and tell the story of how that came to be...

AFAIK...
The National Firearms Act of 1934, initially required both, rifles and shotguns, to have a minimum barrel length of 18".
Rifles were later changed to 16", in order to make it easier for the Gov/Mil to sell surplus carbines that had 16" barrels.