I have been doing some research into the legalities of putting a vertical foregrip on a pump 12ga shotgun, which already has a birds head grip and which never had a stock. I have seen that it makes a big difference if the barrel is under or over 18", the former classifying the weapon as a "firearm" and the latter classifying the weapon as a "shotgun", each with their own lists of permissible and NFA results.
But check this excerpt from an ATF open letter -The Streetsweeper, Striker-12, and the USAS-12 shotguns Destructive Devices?
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/o...tration-period-streetsweeper-striker/download
Obviously we all want to steer clear of this...
From what I can tell, putting a vertical fore grip on a legal length pump shotgun, which never had a stock attached to the receiver before, is at best "sketchy".
Would an angled foregrip be a better bet?
But check this excerpt from an ATF open letter -The Streetsweeper, Striker-12, and the USAS-12 shotguns Destructive Devices?
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/o...tration-period-streetsweeper-striker/download
Obviously we all want to steer clear of this...
From what I can tell, putting a vertical fore grip on a legal length pump shotgun, which never had a stock attached to the receiver before, is at best "sketchy".
Would an angled foregrip be a better bet?
