Is it legal? - Page 2

Dave McC · January 1, 2010, 03:39 PM

Yes,Don. After ensuring the gun is unloaded, close the action. Drop a dowel down the bore so that it rests on the breech face and mark the dowel at the muzzle. Remove and measure.

18" measured this way's legal according to BATFE. Anything less is not.

HTH....

PetahW · January 1, 2010, 05:37 PM

AFAIK, the Stevens 311 has never been available as a regular/catalog item with barrels shorter than 26", in any gauge ( I have catalogs listing then as far back as 1929)

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b.thomas · January 3, 2010, 10:39 PM

Ever notice that all the factory barrels measure 18.5 inches rather then the legal 18"?
That's because of some fed's tape measure might be a little bit off when measuring..........so the gun makers add a 1/2"................ "just in case".

Big Bill · January 3, 2010, 11:08 PM

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I just recently aquired a Stevens model 311 series H SxS shotgun 18 1/8 inch barrel.....Stamp on the side reciever (serial # I guess) is D324xxx. Can anyone tell me what I have? I think it might be sawed off but not sure.

Where did you get the gun? Did you buy it at a gunstore or from an individual? A legit gun store would not sell an illegal gun.

Willie Lowman · January 4, 2010, 01:27 AM

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A legit gun store would not sell an illegal gun.

Keep telling yourself that. I have seen several illegal things in gunshops. You don't need to know much about law or even guns for that matter to work in a gun store. Just how to work the cash box and call in back ground checks.

troy_mclure · January 4, 2010, 09:18 AM

ive got a stevens/springfeild 311.

my dad bought it +/-30yrs ago. he used it for duck till the steel cracked the barrel.

it was sawed off to 18.5" and a bead soldered on, it sat in the closet for years till i found it.

i fixed the cracked stocks(from double triggering slugs), and used it for squirrel, deer, jump shooting duck, and now home defence.

its a really nimble gun and the patterns open fast.

Tommy Vercetti · January 4, 2010, 10:31 AM

[QUOTE][I was more curious as to whether this shotgun was sawed off or original. /QUOTE]

I have the Savage version and according to them my version which has the same barrel length is factory, they called it a "Riot Version"

January 4, 2010, 09:18 AM	#31
troy_mclure Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2008 Location: gulf of mexico Posts: 2,716	ive got a stevens/springfeild 311. my dad bought it +/-30yrs ago. he used it for duck till the steel cracked the barrel. it was sawed off to 18.5" and a bead soldered on, it sat in the closet for years till i found it. i fixed the cracked stocks(from double triggering slugs), and used it for squirrel, deer, jump shooting duck, and now home defence. its a really nimble gun and the patterns open fast. __________________ There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."

January 4, 2010, 10:31 AM	#32
Tommy Vercetti Senior Member Join Date: June 26, 2004 Location: Fairhope, Alabama Posts: 1,119	[QUOTE][I was more curious as to whether this shotgun was sawed off or original. /QUOTE] I have the Savage version and according to them my version which has the same barrel length is factory, they called it a "Riot Version" __________________ "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." Sinclair Lewis, (It Can't Happen Here, 1935) "Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero

January 1, 2010, 03:39 PM	#26
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Yes,Don. After ensuring the gun is unloaded, close the action. Drop a dowel down the bore so that it rests on the breech face and mark the dowel at the muzzle. Remove and measure. 18" measured this way's legal according to BATFE. Anything less is not. HTH....

January 1, 2010, 05:37 PM	#27
PetahW Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 4,678	AFAIK, the Stevens 311 has never been available as a regular/catalog item with barrels shorter than 26", in any gauge ( I have catalogs listing then as far back as 1929) .

January 3, 2010, 10:39 PM	#28
b.thomas Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2006 Posts: 461	Ever notice that all the factory barrels measure 18.5 inches rather then the legal 18"? That's because of some fed's tape measure might be a little bit off when measuring..........so the gun makers add a 1/2"................ "just in case".