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New 22 LR Garden Gun?
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New 22 LR Garden Gun?
Very interesting smooth bore lever rifle designed to shoot .22 shot shells more effectively.
https://youtu.be/stuL6O-duVg
Now my question is... since it has no rifling it can't be consider a rifle as per ATF and it is chambered for .22LR so not a
shotgun. So could it have any shorter barrel length than 16 inches?
https://youtu.be/stuL6O-duVg
Now my question is... since it has no rifling it can't be consider a rifle as per ATF and it is chambered for .22LR so not a
shotgun. So could it have any shorter barrel length than 16 inches?
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Re: New 22 LR Garden Gun?
I'm no legal gun expert but because it was 'technically' designed as a shotgun, with a typical length stock, and not an 'AOW', I believe it will most likely fall under standard shotgun regs and that means 18" minimum barrel length.So could it have any shorter barrel length than 16 inches?
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Re: New 22 LR Garden Gun?
BigAl picked up on this a few days before the official release (it seems Henry has him in their system as a dealer or some such). While it doesn't address your question, there's some interesting dialogue here:
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7406
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7406
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So Henry makes a short run of them and when sales aren't there it disappears from the market...to be a future collectible!
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I don't know that I'd roll the dice on that scenario, but you never know, right?fortyshooter wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:00 pmSo Henry makes a short run of them and when sales aren't there it disappears from the market...to be a future collectible!
As noted elsewhere, it's a bit of a head-scratcher, but you have to give HRA some credit for doing their research before developing and launching such a niche model.
It may never be a "top 10" (or 20?) seller for them, but hopefully not their version of New Coke, either.
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Re: New 22 LR Garden Gun?
From what I understand, there was enough interest in the concept for Kentucky Gun Co. to solicit several different manufacturers to build one. Henry accepted the challenge.
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If ya think about it not much R & D required - all they are doing is building a typical .22 with no rifling.but you have to give HRA some credit for doing their research before developing and launching such a niche model.
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