I'm not sure about this 14 inch bbl stuff. I wouldn't dare cut the bbl on this one, but, with the shock wave grip, would it be possible to do that legally?
I missed this question earlier.
Unfortunately, no. You can't cut it to 14".
The reason as I'm sure we both are aware is stupid. And is nothing more than arbitrary stupidity.
But the short answer is, that gun started out as a long gun. So, even though you could make it exactly the same as a shockwave, the shockwave was always/ started out as "firearms", which are neither long guns or pistols.
So, in the eyes of the law, the only way to be able to do that is to start with a virgin receiver, which obviously is what mossberg did and why the shockwave is allowed.
It's basically the same difference that you can't turn a rifle into a pistol, unless you register it as a short barrel rifle. Only in this case, would be a short barrel shotgun, but I was using the example of sbr because more people are familiar with that scenario.
I know, there is not logic to that because at the end of the day, it's the same dang thing. But, you can reference thompson center vs atf for that because the supreme court ruled that way. You can turn it into a rifle if you start with a pistol, but you can't turn it into a pistol if it starts out as a rifle (long gun).
Stupid.
Absolutely.
Never expect government to get anything right.
But, that's where we are in society today. It's like when Rome was burning.