shotgun

[Junglist]

to what length can you shorten a barrel on a shotgun, if you can at all, before you get in trouble. if you can at what point does the measurement start? at the breach or where the shell ends?

[nightrunner]

it is 18" limit before it becomes a short-barrelled shotgun (SBS)

not exactly sure where the measurement starts though

[thorn]

it is 18" limit before it becomes a short-barrelled shotgun (SBS)

not exactly sure where the measurement starts though

I've been told to measure with a dowel in the barrel with the bolt closed???

[molonlabetn]

Dowel in the barrel with the action closed, yes.

Most of the time you can buy a replacement barrel in the length you desire, without having to mutilate the original. Shotgun barrels are easy to swap out (except for some of the old screwed-in ones, such as early S&W, etc...) www.e-gunparts.com (http://www.e-gunparts.com) usually has a pretty good selection.