ATF 922r restrictions on Beretta 1301

[S.A.]

Existing store stock exempt. New 1301’s will be 5+1 capacity.

https://range.gritrsports.com/atf-bans-beretta-1301-tactical/

[L84CABO]

Thanks for posting that. I had not heard about this.

It's all so stupid of course. One of the pluses the 1301 had going for it is that it had avoided the 922R stupidity (compared to the Benelli m4) but obviously that is in question now. It will be interesting to see if Beretta can get this worked out. It sucks spending that much money for a gun and then you have to turn around and drop another few hundred bucks to fix the neutered mag tube and comply with a bullcrap law. Hopefully Beretta can solve this.

[BrokerB]

FJB and his treasonous crew. "Non-"Sporting".....umm.. this is exactly what the 2A is made for..non Sporting removal of treason.

[PogoJack]

Of giving advice, but I heard that 922r was for the dealers and did not apply to the owners. Don’t know case law or anything like that.

[naz]

Thanks for posting that. I had not heard about this.

It's all so stupid of course. One of the pluses the 1301 had going for it is that it had avoided the 922R stupidity (compared to the Benelli m4) but obviously that is in question now. It will be interesting to see if Beretta can get this worked out. It sucks spending that much money for a gun and then you have to turn around and drop another few hundred bucks to fix the neutered mag tube and comply with a bullcrap law. Hopefully Beretta can solve this.

Agreed it’s a BS rule

7+1 is still lesser than desired for common gun games so my guess is most new owners were still buying new tubes anyway, before this regulation

[L84CABO]

Of giving advice, but I heard that 922r was for the dealers and did not apply to the owners. Don’t know case law or anything like that.

^^^^ There are two camps on 922r...those that think it only applies to dealers and those that don't. Here's my logic...

There have been numerous letters posted to the interwebz where INDIVIDUALS have written and asked the ATF for guidance on 922r as it relates to replacing parts on the Benelli m4. Specifically most people ask about swapping out the factory mag tube for a longer domestic produced tube. The ATF has responded and advised them of the 13 named parts and the need to replace two additional named parts, besides the mag tube, for a total of 3 named parts, in order to keep the gun 922r legal.

Thus I would argue that the ATF clearly believes 922r applies to individuals and not just dealers.

It's been years since I went through this when I was mod'ing my m4 but the letters were easy to find back then. I assume they are still out there and accessible, since the interwebz is forever. But anyone can write a letter to the ATF and ask them for clarification on this. So don't take my word for it as I'm just some guy on the internet. YMMV.

Now with the above said, there does NOT seem to be an abundant of court cases on this issue. I remember there was definitely one case of a person being charged on this, back in the day. But it seemed to be a "tack on charge." Meaning the dude was arrested and charged with a number of other, more serious crimes and, it seemed, like they added this to the pile because they could. There does not seem to be that many people charged for just 922r violations.