I bought this with the original intention to turn it in to a SBS (with the stamp of course) If I cut the barrel to the length of the handle, and cut the stock, would I be able to avoid paying for the sbs? Location is Florida

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Randy I. · Answer

No and I would seek legal advice before cutting down the barrel just to make sure I had my ducks in a row with the tax stamp

Randy I. · Answer

No do not cut it with the tax stamp!  The reason that guns like the shockwave can get away without a Tax stamp is that they were never built with the stock or longer barrel so they were never shotguns but in you case this gun was sold to you as a shotgun so it would be required to have the tax stamp PRIOR to being turned into a SBS and will have to meet all legal requirements of a SBS

James G. · Answer

Matthew, it would not be legal without a Tax Stamp. It would have to have started life in the configuration you seek such as the Shockwave or Tac-14. You cannot alter without the Tax Stamp.

Randy I. · Answer

that should have been do not cut it with out the tax stamp The reason that guns like the shockwave can get away without a Tax stamp is that they were never built with the stock or longer barrel so they were never shotguns but in you case this gun was sold to you as a shotgun so it would be required to have the tax stamp PRIOR to being turned into a SBS and will have to meet all legal requirements of a SBS

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