Author Topic: 15" shotgun barrel (Read 1038 times)

Yel95 · « **on:** April 07, 2006, 07:11:38 AM »

I was wondering if anyone had ever used thier encore pistol for turkey. Is there anyone out there that can custom a 15" 20ga shotgun barrel that would utilize the t/c choke tubes?

Graybeard · « **Reply #1 on:** April 07, 2006, 07:53:38 AM »

It's been awhile since I reviewed the laws on this but I think that would be illegal no matter how you go about it. Seems I recall that shotguns must have a barrel 18" long as compared to 16" for a rifle. Handguns aren't supposed to have smoothbore barrels at all. I'd check into the rules before proceeding on this one.

Yel95 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 07, 2006, 10:47:59 AM »

You are correct. I did not think about that. Shotguns barrels have to be 18". I was getting ahead of myself.

rickyp · « **Reply #3 on:** April 07, 2006, 02:56:00 PM »

I would love to see them make a fully rifled 15 inch 12 or 20 guage rifle slug barrel

Johnly · « **Reply #4 on:** April 19, 2006, 12:58:15 PM »

:shock:

Chances are the MIB would regulate a 15" 20 ga. or 12ga. barrel(rifled or not) as a DD and make you get a tax stamp for it, even if you installed it on a pistol frame.

rickyp · « **Reply #5 on:** April 19, 2006, 03:03:48 PM »

If I knew that I could get one and be able to hunt with it around me ( I live in a shot gun only county) I would pay the tax

PaulS · « **Reply #6 on:** April 19, 2006, 11:42:11 PM »

yep, rifled barrel over 50 caliber is still a regulated firearm-

Now, a 45-120 would handle a 3" 410 slug but if made to modern specs you could get more out of a 400 or 500 grain bullet than you could out of the shotgun slug. BFG has a 45-70 revolver that I would not fire except in suicide. I think that one would kill at both ends anyway.

jjvw · « **Reply #7 on:** May 18, 2006, 04:02:42 PM »

I have used a 20" 12ga turkey barrel on a pistol frame.
A handful with field loads but unable to hold on to it with 2oz turkey loads.
They use to make a 20" 20 ga turkey barrel but it was recently discontinued. I would like to try it.
The 20" turkey barrels have a ported choke tube that makes it slightly to short. (must be 26" overall with 18" barrel) HS ported chokes are just long enough as is a polychoke.