.410 revolver sbs

[DilboFlaggins]

Anyone have any thoughts on turning a Taurus Judge or S&W Governor into a SBS, by reaming out the rifling? What about threading a long barrel Judge to take screw in chokes? What sort of pattern can we expect from a smooth bore 3inch barrel? what about the longer barrel Judge with a smooth barrel and full choke?

Should I have posted this on the shotgun boards?

 

[Flyincedar]

What exactly would be the purpose? It already shoots .410. You would pay $200 to NOT have it shoot .45? Why not just sbr it and make a stock? Still shoots both, still cost $200

 

[Sam1911]

Actually, this belongs in the NFA weapons forum.

If a handgun has no rifling it falls under the Title II definition of an "Any Other Firearm," though you could instead register it as a Short Barreled Shotgun. That would give you the option of adding a stock if you so desired.

If you added a stock AND removed the rifling, it would have to be registered first as a Short Barreled Shotgun.

If you added a stock but kept the rifling, that would fall under the definition of a "Short Barreled Rifle."

You could just buy a Rossi Circuit Judge and be done with it. http://www.rossiusa.com/product-list.cfm?category=15

 

[DilboFlaggins]

What I am getting at here is this; I am not interested in .45colt, I think a revolving shotgun would be totally sweet.
410/.45colt weapons shoot poorly as a shotgun and is a bit of a compromise.
I also understand that a short barreled shotgun in general is a compromise.
So if it shoots poorly as a shotgun as is, then how much less poorly will it shoot with these mods? Im not expecting to hunt with it, I want it mostly for the fun of a revolving AOW or SBS.

 

[Flyincedar]

Any way you do it, a 3" barrel on a shotgun is not likely to shoot less poorly. Rifled or not, it's still a 3" barrel. You're talking paying $200 just to be allowed to do it, plus whatever it costs to have te rifling removed, for no real gain over what it will do now. The other cost just depend what someone would charge you to remove the rifling, and thread for choke tubes, which could require a lot of work.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Wouldn't removing the rifling make the barrel oversized for the .410? I suspect that would make the .410 pattern less useful, and remove the ablity to fire .45 Colt with any power or accuracy.

 

[USAF_Vet]

As I understand it, there is nothing that says the entire barrel needs to be rifled. Just as long as some of it is rifled, it is good to go.*

Why not get a 6.5" barreled Judge, and bore out the last 5"? You would legally be covered with the 1.5" of rifling just past the forcing cone. You could then thread the muzzle for .410 chokes. It would still be a handgun (providing that the bore does not exceed .50")


*I would still double and triple check the law on this. Like, get a letter from ATF.

Also, the rifling on a Judge isn't too deep, so it wouldn't take much to ream out the barrel and remove the rifling. I'm not familiar enough with the long barrel version to know how it patterns with shotshells, but if you were determined to have a revoking shotgun pistol monstrosity, this is where you should start.