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Old June 19, 2012, 09:52 AM   #12
PetahW
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[There are rules in different states about smooth bore vs rifled shotguns]

Heck - Some states (NY is one of them, Maine another) even have different rules for different parts of the same state, or even county.
In NY, for one, you can literally cross the road and travel from a zone that allows rifle hunting, to one that bans them in favor of "shotguns-only" - even in a fairly rural area.

Most "shotgun-only" restrictions were legislated due a deadly fear of a rifle projectile travelling in a densely-populated area, like a city / suburb, and injuring some innocent.
Don't forget: non-shooters often believe any rifle can/will shoot through (penetrate) three or four brick buildings before striking THEM in the head.

The 1st B-A shotguns were simply cheap, user guns that wiseguys (like us) saw potential in, and developed at first with sights, then with the installation of a Hastings barrel (ca.1970's, IIRC), finally ending up with what amounts to a .72 Cal rifle.
We just try to keep that salient fact from the legislators, though.

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