Re: Question about cutting a barrel
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:32 am
Great info. Thanks!ddurkof wrote:The Mossberg 500 cruiser has a 18.5 inch barrel so it does not fall under NFA as a AOW. If a shotgun has NEVER had a stock, it can become a AOW. If a stock has ever been attached and it has a barrel length less than 18 inches then it is a Short Barrel Shotgun under NFA.
If Joe Blow wants to manufacture a AOW from the Mossberg 500 cruiser it will require an approved Form 1 filed with BATFE with the $200.00 tax. Subsequent transfers will be on a BATFE Form 4 with the $5.00 tax paid. If a Class II manufacture makes the Mossberg 500 cruiser a AOW, he will register it on a BATFE Form 2 (no tax) and then transferred on a Form 4 for the $5.00 dollar tax.
Most of the Class II manufactures buy the virgin receivers so that there is no question that there has been a stock attached when they make the shotgun AOWs.