Author Topic: MAX Barrel Length for a handgun? (Read 601 times)

GrampaMike · « **on:** June 01, 2004, 09:21:05 AM »

Exactly what is the max length for a contender barrel to be still considered a handgun? And what is the Minimum length of a Carbine (rifle) barrel? Thanks, Mike.

RonF · « **Reply #1 on:** June 01, 2004, 10:59:27 AM »

There is no maximum legal length for a pistol barrel. The minimum legal barrel length for a rifle (i.e. for something with a butt stock) is 16".

RonF

GrampaMike · « **Reply #2 on:** June 01, 2004, 11:26:39 AM »

Thanks Ron

That means that the contender barrels that are 16.25" long can be shot either with a handgun grip or rifle buttstock.

The current TCA barrel offering is a 16.25" 17 M2. This is the reason I asked.

Mike

New Hampshire · « **Reply #3 on:** June 01, 2004, 12:00:44 PM »

There are a couple of people on the T/C Rifle page that have been using their Katahdin bbls with pistol grips. They say its much easier to tame the recoil of the big rounds out of the 18" bbls rather than punishing their shoulders.
Brian M.

Gregory · « **Reply #4 on:** June 01, 2004, 01:21:27 PM »

Some states have a max barrel length listed for handguns for hunting.
Here's the NY definition:

Handgunis any pistol or revolver intended to be aimed and fired with one hand, and having a barrel length not exceeding 16 inches.