"Mares Leg"

[RedneckRampage]

So I've seen the Rossi (if I remember right) "Mares Leg" lever action pistols. Is there a way to build one of these out of a Winchester 94 or Marlin 336 without it being an NFA weapon? I really like them, but don't want a Rossi, and I don't want to pay for a tax stamp or deal with all the other stuff that comes with an SBR (resale, carrying paperwork, WA).

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[Certaindeaf]

well there ya go! who said anything about "like"?

 

[The Heretic]

As far as the BATF is concerned, if a firearm starts out as a rifle it will always be a rifle, so if you try to convert a lever action rifle to a Mares Leg you wind up with an SBR NFA item.

The only way you can get a Mares Leg that isn't an SBR/NFA item, is to buy one manufactured as a handgun to start with. There are a number of different manufacturers, Rossi, Chiappa and Henry. There are probably also a few smaller custom makers also.

 

[Hrethgir]

I want the Henry Mare's Leg in .357mag. Just too cool!

http://www.henryrifles.com/rifles/mares-leg/

 

[BillM]

Heretic pretty much covered it. You would have to purchase a Winchester or Marlin receiver
that had NEVER been built into a rifle or papered as a rifle--and do a build as a pistol.

 

[The Heretic]

Which

Heretic pretty much covered it. You would have to purchase a Winchester or Marlin receiver
that had NEVER been built into a rifle or papered as a rifle--and do a build as a pistol.

is pretty much impossible unless you knew the CEO of Marlin or Winchester