shotgun mod > Maryland

Posted: 8/23/2010 2:04:16 PM EDT

Is it legal in the state of Maryland to saw of the barrel of your shotgun as long as you dont make it shorter than 18"? I have an old 20gauge that I want to up the coolness level on.

Posted: 8/23/2010 2:15:50 PM EDT

[#1]

I'm not sure if it's 18.5 or 18 as a minimum. I have an 18.5 on my Mossy. I'm sure someone will be along soon with the correct answer.

Posted: 8/23/2010 6:10:00 PM EDT

[#2]

It was my understanding that 18 is the minimum, 18.5 is to remove any doubt from the picture. Say......bad measuring.

Posted: 8/23/2010 6:14:25 PM EDT

[#3]

if i were you, i would have a pro do it. there was a case here in Va i believe where a guy cut down his barrel and ended up measuring wrong and was under 18". he got charged with possession of an unregistered SBS.

Posted: 8/23/2010 9:36:41 PM EDT

[#4]

Don't forget that while the barrel must be 18" or greater, the overall length must be 26" or greater.

Posted: 8/24/2010 10:45:37 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Don't forget that while the barrel must be 18" or greater, the overall length must be 26" or greater.

I will go 18.5" just to be safe. I never heard about the 26" rule, but I will follow it.

Posted: 8/25/2010 2:42:48 AM EDT

[#6]

Barrel length is measured by inserrting a rod or dowel into the barrel against a closed bolt. The measurement is taken from the bolt face. Cut a little longer, to give you room to file it square and debur.

Posted: 8/25/2010 4:19:08 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Don't forget that while the barrel must be 18" or greater, the overall length must be 26" or greater.

Yes

There is an overall length min. also.

Posted: 8/28/2010 4:20:07 AM EDT

[#8]

A note to the OP, these guys have the measurements correct, and just FYI,
these are Federal BATFE requirements, not MD state law.

Posted: 9/1/2010 8:04:57 AM EDT

[#9]

MD law in regards to shotgun..

§ 4-201. Definitions.

(g) Short-barreled shotgun.- "Short-barreled shotgun" means:

(1) a shotgun that has one or more barrels less than 18 inches long; or

(2) a weapon that has an overall length of less than 26 inches long and was made from a shotgun, whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise.

(h) Shotgun.- "Shotgun" means a weapon that is:

(1) designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder; and

(2) designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore one or more projectiles for each pull of the trigger.

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