A thought occurred to me the other day, and I wanted to check it out. Now as I recall, a smoothbore, pistol-grip-only gun is an AOW, right? That's how they sell the Serbu Super-Shorty, at any rate. Wouldn't that also apply to "Lupara type break-action shotguns, if manufactured from scratch? I was wondering because although I've seen the Serbus, I've never seen anyone making or selling break-action AOWs. That surprises me a little because from an engineering perspective, I would think that you could build a break action shorter and lighter than a pump like the Super Shorty.
"Lupara" shotgun pistols as AOWs?
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Willie Lowman
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There are some break open AOWs out there. The old Ithaca Auto-Burglar comes to mind.
They aren't as common because virgin break open receivers are much harder to find than a pump gun that started it's life with a pistol grip and no stock.
They aren't as common because virgin break open receivers are much harder to find than a pump gun that started it's life with a pistol grip and no stock.
David Hineline
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Been done before, no one makes in country doubles that I know of, no one imports receiver only guns and if/when they have they are more expensive one offs build than just buying a double shotgun and cutting it down to the sawed off shotgun route.
When building a custom project like that the $195 in tax savings is about 1/10 the cost of the project so not significant.
When building a custom project like that the $195 in tax savings is about 1/10 the cost of the project so not significant.
Bill DeShivs
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The tax on MAKING an AOW is $200.00. TRANSFER is $5.00.
There is no initial savings, so you may as well just cut an existing shotgun.
There is no initial savings, so you may as well just cut an existing shotgun.
Or....
Find a Class 2 SOT who will be willing to chop one for you. Then they can transfer it to you for $5. I'll bet a dollar that a Class 2 SOT wouldn't charge as much as the $200 tax stamp to make your own!
They're not too hard to find, and a lot of them are really nice guys and gals.
Find a Class 2 SOT who will be willing to chop one for you. Then they can transfer it to you for $5. I'll bet a dollar that a Class 2 SOT wouldn't charge as much as the $200 tax stamp to make your own!
They're not too hard to find, and a lot of them are really nice guys and gals.
Willie Lowman
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To be a AOW it has to be a virgin receiver or have never had a shoulder stock installed on it. This takes us away from having a SOT chop one down for us. That would be a SBS.
