14" Barreled Mossberg "Shockwave" Shotgun ???

[alfsauve]

And on a side note, if you're into building ARs, you should have a short barrel and pistol recoil tube handy.  When you buy a receiver have them mark it as "other" on the paperwork.   Then go home and build it out as a pistol.  Take a picture.  Write it in your journal, s/n blah blah PISTOL.  Then take it apart and build whatever rifle you want.

BECAUSE IT WAS FIRST BUILT OUT AS A PISTOL, then converted to a rifle, you can convert it back to a pistol all legal like.

If you sell it make sure you put it in writing, and enclose a picture, that it was first a pistol.

[Big Frank]

In the wee hours of the morning I was reading about the Mossberg 590 Shockwave in the October 2017 issue of the American Rifleman magazine. A letter from the chief, firearms technology industry services branch of the BATFE to Mossberg said, "The weapon [Shockwave] . . . is a 'firearm' as defined by the NFA [National Firearms Act]." He also said, "Please note that if the subject firearm is concealed on a person the classification with regard to the NFA may change," and "If the design, dimensions, configuration, method of operation or materials were changed [from the sample submitted], our determinations would be subject to review."

So it can't be modified in any way I can think of except to add a sling, light, sidesaddle shell carrier, etc., but you can't change the grip or barrel. IF it's legal to own here in Michigan it would have to be registered as a pistol, but if it was concealed, with or without a CPL, it would be considered something else, like an AOW. Is there anyone who's not confused about this whole category of firearms yet?   

[Big Frank]

Mossberg has just come out with a 20 gauge Shockwave. The recoil should be more manageable than the 12 gauge. I have lots of ammo in both gauges but would probably go with the 12 gauge if I ever bought one. But I'll most likely never buy one anyway so it doesn't matter what gauge it is.