I need your help.... Is my shotgun legal?? - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

mpbclutch33 · 10-16-2007, 03:39 PM

Ok, so my father passed away and I got his shotgun. I don't know if it is legal. I know the barrel has to be 18" long with and overall length of like 26" or something. The thing is I don't know where to measure from? The gun means alot to me, but I don't want to get in trouble with it. Please take a look at the picture and let me know if I am ok or not. If I am measuring from the right spot, then it is exactly 18". If I am not, how much would it cost to swap out the barrel? Is it something I can do myself?

cobra · 10-16-2007, 03:47 PM

i think its good to go, more pics though!

ichy_trigger · 10-16-2007, 03:51 PM

Take the barrel off and messure it from end to end starting at the chamber.

**magnumize** · 10-16-2007, 03:52 PM

Looks like its ok to me,"if" its 18" on the dot and no less.Most go 18.5",just to be safe.

mpbclutch33 · 10-16-2007, 04:01 PM

As you requested.... Anyone else think it is ok? Also he had two new boxes of 12 Guage Slugs, will that ammo work? It is a J.C. Higgins Model 20-12 GA. Sears, Roebuck and Co. 583.2004. I don't know anything about shotguns if you couldn't tell, is this an ok gun?

03RangerXLT · 10-16-2007, 05:14 PM

i like the jewled bolt.

**Ed Ely** · 10-16-2007, 06:33 PM

After seeing that jeweled bolt, I almost
believe that this could be an Ithica made
machine for Sears & R.

Ed

**MikeS.** · 10-16-2007, 06:48 PM

Looks to be exactly 18", so then you are good to go. Nice looking piece BTW.

mpbclutch33 · 10-16-2007, 07:29 PM

So, since it seems to be legal, will slugs work in this gun?

ichy_trigger · 10-16-2007, 07:56 PM

yes you should be able to shoot slugs. Normaly, short barrel shotguns have IC chokes or larger. I thought it was a remington due to the stocks but it doesnt look like a remington bolt.

10-16-2007, 03:39 PM	#1
mpbclutch33 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 20	I need your help.... Is my shotgun legal?? Ok, so my father passed away and I got his shotgun. I don't know if it is legal. I know the barrel has to be 18" long with and overall length of like 26" or something. The thing is I don't know where to measure from? The gun means alot to me, but I don't want to get in trouble with it. Please take a look at the picture and let me know if I am ok or not. If I am measuring from the right spot, then it is exactly 18". If I am not, how much would it cost to swap out the barrel? Is it something I can do myself? __________________ SA XD .45ACP (Black) J.C. Higgins Model 20-12 GA. Sears, Roebuck and Co. 583.20042 Guage Shotgun

10-16-2007, 03:51 PM	#3
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,414	Take the barrel off and messure it from end to end starting at the chamber. __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

10-16-2007, 03:52 PM	#4
magnumize XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ky Posts: 2,263	Looks like its ok to me,"if" its 18" on the dot and no less.Most go 18.5",just to be safe. __________________ The enemy teaches their kids how to handle RPGs and Ak-47s...our schools suspend kids for drawing a picture of a gun and teach Earth Day and putting a Trojan on a banana. Whats wrong with this picture? Brickboy240

10-16-2007, 04:01 PM	#5
mpbclutch33 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 20	As you requested.... Anyone else think it is ok? Also he had two new boxes of 12 Guage Slugs, will that ammo work? It is a J.C. Higgins Model 20-12 GA. Sears, Roebuck and Co. 583.2004. I don't know anything about shotguns if you couldn't tell, is this an ok gun? __________________ SA XD .45ACP (Black) J.C. Higgins Model 20-12 GA. Sears, Roebuck and Co. 583.20042 Guage Shotgun

10-16-2007, 05:14 PM	#6
03RangerXLT XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlanta area, Georgia Posts: 2,127	i like the jewled bolt. __________________ -John WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!

10-16-2007, 03:47 PM	#2
cobra XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: CT Posts: 662	i think its good to go, more pics though!

10-16-2007, 06:33 PM	#7
Ed Ely XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: 37.65N -84.76W (Elev. 932 ft) Posts: 7,618 Blog Entries: 1	After seeing that jeweled bolt, I almost believe that this could be an Ithica made machine for Sears & R. Ed

10-16-2007, 06:48 PM	#8
MikeS. XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Far Eastern West Virgina Posts: 352	Looks to be exactly 18", so then you are good to go. Nice looking piece BTW. __________________ MikeS. Escaped from Kalifornia in 1998.

10-16-2007, 07:29 PM	#9
mpbclutch33 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 20	So, since it seems to be legal, will slugs work in this gun? __________________ SA XD .45ACP (Black) J.C. Higgins Model 20-12 GA. Sears, Roebuck and Co. 583.20042 Guage Shotgun

10-16-2007, 07:56 PM	#10
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,414	yes you should be able to shoot slugs. Normaly, short barrel shotguns have IC chokes or larger. I thought it was a remington due to the stocks but it doesnt look like a remington bolt. __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

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