Jim Stewart fired this volley in news:jhbl2n$sc6$1
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So this raises an interesting
point. When does a pistol firing shotgun shells
become a sawed-off shotgun? Or when does a sawed-
off shotgun become a legal pistol?


I have one: A Taurus Judge.

It has a concession to being a handgun... it has a rifled barrel.
It has a concession to firing shotshells... the barrel is only very
lightly rifled to avoid "spinning out" the shot from the pattern.

It is legal in most states, and federally, because it IS a handgun
designed to shoot .45 long Colt. It just "happens" to handle 2-3/4" .410
shells, as well. G

LLoyd