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Yooper

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FEDERAL law says that a shotgun must have a minimum 18" barrel and be a minimum of 26" long.

Michigan law says a shotgun must have a minimum 18" barrel and be a minimum of 30" long.

Those that fall between 26" and 30" with a minimum 18" barrel are those that the state of Michigan considers pistols, and can be registered as such.


However, if the barrel is less than 18", or the gun less than 26" then it is considered a Short barreled shotgun. Which, no matter what Michigan law says, are highly controlled at the federal level.
 

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Yooper wrote:
FEDERAL law says that a shotgun must have a minimum 18" barrel and be a minimum of 26" long.

Michigan law says a shotgun must have a minimum 18" barrel and be a minimum of 30" long.

Those that fall between 26" and 30" with a minimum 18" barrel are those that the state of Michigan considers pistols, and can be registered as such.


However, if the barrel is less than 18", or the gun less than 26" then it is considered a Short barreled shotgun. Which, no matter what Michigan law says, are highly controlled at the federal level.
sounds like you would be in the clear then. the mossburg is what a 18.5 inch barrel? and 28 inches long?
 

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jeremy05 wrote:
Yooper wrote:
FEDERAL law says that a shotgun must have a minimum 18" barrel and be a minimum of 26" long.

Michigan law says a shotgun must have a minimum 18" barrel and be a minimum of 30" long.

Those that fall between 26" and 30" with a minimum 18" barrel are those that the state of Michigan considers pistols, and can be registered as such.


However, if the barrel is less than 18", or the gun less than 26" then it is considered a Short barreled shotgun. Which, no matter what Michigan law says, are highly controlled at the federal level.
sounds like you would be in the clear then. the mossburg is what a 18.5 inch barrel? and 28 inches long?
Correct it has a stock 18.5 inch barrel.
 
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Yooper wrote:
Those that fall between 26" and 30" with a minimum 18" barrel are those that the state of Michigan considers pistols, and can be registered as such.
Can be or shall be?
 

Yooper

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CV67PAT wrote:
Yooper wrote:
Those that fall between 26" and 30" with a minimum 18" barrel are those that the state of Michigan considers pistols, and can be registered as such.
Can be or shall be?
Must be.... a case of thoughts not hitting the keyboard. I was thinking a person can register such shotgun as a pistol if they were to make one that fits the discription. But either way, if it is in the configuration of a pistol between 26" & 30", it must be registered. Must have been off in la-la land somwhere:D
 

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CV67PAT wrote:
jeremy05 wrote:
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jeremy05 wrote:
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am not... and that's it

I'm gonna go take a nap.
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in Rabbit vs. Duck Season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u14T5wzicqw

Guess what? It's BOTH SEASONS RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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springerdave wrote:
This is the Principals office, would you please send Pat Kennedy and Jeremy O'Five to the office IMMEDIATELY!springerdave.
Oh no!!!
Not the board of education in the janitor's closet again!!!:cry:
 
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