Posted: 3/29/2010 11:36:55 AM EDT
| I know this has been discussed before, I think in GD, but is the Winchester 1892 "Mare's Leg" legal in CA? |
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I've seen a few at "End of Trail" the SASS World meet when it was held in CA. Nobody made a fuss about them. But if they were illegal and shootable, the officers would have approached the person and suggest that it disappear quickly. (IIRC Gunzilla had one, but it's been a bunch of years. Gunzilla usually made it to EoT with some real interesting things.)
That said, if it was made in 1890s it might have been considered a relic and NOT a firearm. Newly made, ie, saw your own stockl down, etc, you would definitely run into overall length and barrel length issues. You'd end up with a bullpup lever gun. I'm pretty sure the CAS communtiy and SASS member communities were pretty consistent on it being illegal in a new gun. |
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Provided they are not cut-down rifles (i.e, legit. started as factory-built pistols) they're OK.
Obviously they're not Rostered. I keep hearing rumors that DOJ staff has made a mistake of saying they're Roster-exempt; somehow these guys think "cowboy guns" are Roster-exempt, when what is really Roster-exempt per 12133PC are dimensionally-compliant single-action revolvers and dimensionally-compliant single shot pistols. The Mare's leg is neither. Someone could prob. figure a way to import one as an exempt single-shot pistol before it enters CA and do it that way, but I doubt that most of the SASS guys have the interest, ambition or skill in these matters. Bill Wiese San Jose CA |