Wednesday, February 02, 2011

28ga Revolver

28ga Taurus Revolver
however ...

28ga Revolver

  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]

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 pigeonWinchester .22 skeet. 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.
TRPOF

16 comments:

BobG said...

Looks like something Hellboy would pack.

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Ironically, I'd be afraid to wear it because too many people would want it badly enough to kill me for it.

Kristophr said...

The article isn't quite correct.

That 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.

Chuck Martel said...

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.

Kristophr said...

The "Judge" is a .410", and is not vulnerable to being called a DD.

It 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.

Kristophr said...

And yes, all these daffynitions are just crap made up to try to ban weapons.

The BATFE should have been disbanded when the 18th amendment was repealed.

Anonymous said...

Classic gov. move, "We feel threatened we do not like it your rights be damned you can not have it."

Now 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

Kim said...

"Tampax's new applicator caused quite a stir at its launch party..."

(all puns intended)

Anonymous said...

Blog Post is back up... They will be producing this gun this year after all...

Tetzman

Anonymous said...

They call it the Raging Judge, It should be called the Hanging Judge.

thoR~

toadold said...

Like a monkey on a dose of LSD and Ex-Lax, the BATF moves in mysterious ways.

Anonymous said...

So 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.

Laurence

Anonymous said...

beat people to death.
and being stainless steel, will double nicely as a boat anchor in the beating off season.
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick

DougM said...

A 12-ga flare in a 12-ga shotgun is far more useful than the other way around. Carried both single-handing.

Anonymous said...

I'd like to see the speed loaders. . .


--mech

pdwalker said...

I'm not a revolver kinda guy, but THAT's a revolver I could get excited about!

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