wlemay
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So I recently got a Mossberg 590 from a local gunshop & really like it.
Before I decided to buy the 590 I was looking around and picked up a "tactical" mossberg 500 with only a pistol grip (no stock). I asked the shop owner about it & he said there was a 72hr waiting period to buy it (I live in IL so there is a 24hr waiting period for long guns & 72hr period for handguns).
So, I am wondering why there was a 72hr waiting period on this shotgun instead of 24hrs... It had an 18.5in barrel & was nothing really special. As far as I know short barrel shotguns & rifles are illegal under IL law (this was not a SBS).
Was this shotgun considered a AOW by the ATF? If so would it be illegal for me to put a similar pistol grip on my 590 without paying a tax? (not that I want to do this... I like the rifle stock).
I just want to know the laws regarding mods like pistol grips on shotguns... Do they change the gun's "legal" status?
Before I decided to buy the 590 I was looking around and picked up a "tactical" mossberg 500 with only a pistol grip (no stock). I asked the shop owner about it & he said there was a 72hr waiting period to buy it (I live in IL so there is a 24hr waiting period for long guns & 72hr period for handguns).
So, I am wondering why there was a 72hr waiting period on this shotgun instead of 24hrs... It had an 18.5in barrel & was nothing really special. As far as I know short barrel shotguns & rifles are illegal under IL law (this was not a SBS).
Was this shotgun considered a AOW by the ATF? If so would it be illegal for me to put a similar pistol grip on my 590 without paying a tax? (not that I want to do this... I like the rifle stock).
I just want to know the laws regarding mods like pistol grips on shotguns... Do they change the gun's "legal" status?