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No, it would still not be legal. It's still a 12 gauge shotgun, which means the barrel needs to be 18" long and overall length needs to be 26". If both of those requirements are not met, it falls either into the AOW category, or the SBS category, depending on how the receiver was equipped when it left the factory.

If the receiver left the factory with a buttstock attached, it could only be registered as a SBS. If the receiver left the factory with a pistol grip(or nothing) attached, it could be registered as an AOW. The difference in buying the two different NFA category firearms is the transfer tax. An AOW is only a $5 transfer tax, while the SBS is a $200 transfer tax. The tax to manufacture either one is the same, $200.

The judge, and other .45 Colt/.410 shotshell hybrids do not fall under these restrictions because they're chambered in .45 Colt and have a rifled barrel. Those two things make it a handgun, and not an AOW or SBS.

NFA weapons can be purchased without fingerprints, photographs, or CLEO signoff if they are being transferred to a trust or a corporation. Both of those two routes still require paying the transfer tax and filling out all the paperwork though, with the exceptions noted above.