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Big gun, Short lived. Taurus 28 Gauge Revolver.
On Friday night Michael Bane told me that BATFE visited the Taurus
booth at SHOT Show and declared that the 28 gauge revolver was in fact
a SBS (Short Barreled Shotgun), not a handgun.
Guns America removed
a blog post about the pistol (H/T: TruthAboutGuns)
and replaced it with the following text...
Editor Note: Taurus has removed this firearm from
their booth and has elected to not make it at this time. The rifle
version will be available through Rossi at some point. [The
Firearm Blog]
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A 28 ga is, I
believe, the bore equivalent of .55 cal.
Using the BATF's reasoning, then, the
S&W .50 cal would be a SBS if loaded with buckshot. As a
kid I used to shoot clay pigeons with a revolver using .22
cal clay pigeon .
ammo. Is this too now illegal? Actually, this .28ga shotgun
pistol should be relatively easy to build since it's smooth bore.
Would be handy in the coming days. BTW, you can shoot a 12ga
shotgun shell from a .12 ga
flare gun. Once. In a pinch.
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Looks like something Hellboy would pack.
ReplyDeleteIronically, I'd be afraid to wear it because too many people would want it badly enough to kill me for it.
ReplyDeleteThe article isn't quite correct.
ReplyDeleteThat revolver is being declared a Destructive Device, not an SBS.
If it had a smooth bore, it would be an AOW ( Any Other Weapon ). If it had a stock and a smooth bore, it would be an SBS ( Short Barreled Shotgun ).
Rossi's stocked offering will probably be a stocked smoothbore shotgun.
However, because of the vague wording of the NFA, the BATFE can declare ANY shotgun with a bore bigger than 0.5" to be a DD, if it scares them enough ( like they did to the Streetsweeper ).
This includes any hunter's double-barreled Fudd gun.
Well then, what about the Taurus "Judge" .45/410 revolver? I guess our buddies at BATF would consider that to be a sawed off shotgun too.
ReplyDeleteThe "Judge" is a .410", and is not vulnerable to being called a DD.
ReplyDeleteIt has a rifled bore, so it is a pistol, and not an AOW.
If the Judge had a smooth bore ( which it does not ), it would be an AOW.
And yes, all these daffynitions are just crap made up to try to ban weapons.
ReplyDeleteThe BATFE should have been disbanded when the 18th amendment was repealed.
Classic gov. move, "We feel threatened we do not like it your rights be damned you can not have it."
ReplyDeleteNow I wold not shoot it as I am to fond of My front teeth, but I can see the draw.
By all means make pot legal but you better not be a real American and want to really live.
SherryM
"Tampax's new applicator caused quite a stir at its launch party..."
ReplyDelete(all puns intended)
Blog Post is back up... They will be producing this gun this year after all...
ReplyDeleteTetzman
They call it the Raging Judge, It should be called the Hanging Judge.
ReplyDeletethoR~
Like a monkey on a dose of LSD and Ex-Lax, the BATF moves in mysterious ways.
ReplyDeleteSo their investment is not a total lose, they should remove the firing pin and sell it as the perfect weapon with which to beat people to death.
ReplyDeleteLaurence
beat people to death.
ReplyDeleteand being stainless steel, will double nicely as a boat anchor in the beating off season.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick
A 12-ga flare in a 12-ga shotgun is far more useful than the other way around. Carried both single-handing.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see the speed loaders. . .
ReplyDelete--mech
I'm not a revolver kinda guy, but THAT's a revolver I could get excited about!
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