Joseph E. Olson wrote: > None of the court papers in Miller refer to the shotgun as > "sawed-off," only as short barreled. There is NO evidence that it was > altered from as manufactured. > > Stevens and other companies made a variety of short barreled shotguns > at the time. My grandfather once had an "auto burglar" side by side > with about a 6" barrel. >
The Winchester Model 12 "riot gun" of the period had a 17.5" barrel, a technicality the Washington State Patrol overlooked when it auctioned off several dozen such shotguns about 10 years ago. Fortunately for the buyers, all of the guns were recovered. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
