Thread: Legal length.

How are you measuring it? The correct method is to measure from the muzzle to the toe of the butt to achieve the greatest measurement. A bare 762mm is legal. Do not measure parallel to the bore as it will appear 8-10mm shorter. This is Court precedent as the 'length' of an item is the longest distance from one end point to the other, not from one end to a point in space. Imagine the length of a right-angled triangle. It is not the length from the furthest point to the 90 degree corner. It is the length of the hypotenuse.

Originally Posted by gundoc

How are you measuring it? The correct method is to measure from the muzzle to the toe of the butt to achieve the greatest measurement. A bare 762mm is legal. Do not measure parallel to the bore as it will appear 8-10mm shorter. This is Court precedent as the 'length' of an item is the longest distance from one end point to the other, not from one end to a point in space. Imagine the length of a right-angled triangle. It is not the length from the furthest point to the 90 degree corner. It is the length of the hypotenuse.

So its the fault of that greek barstard Pythagoras again fuck he caused some grief as an apprentice builder .

Originally Posted by gundoc

How are you measuring it? The correct method is to measure from the muzzle to the toe of the butt to achieve the greatest measurement. A bare 762mm is legal. Do not measure parallel to the bore as it will appear 8-10mm shorter. This is Court precedent as the 'length' of an item is the longest distance from one end point to the other, not from one end to a point in space. Imagine the length of a right-angled triangle. It is not the length from the furthest point to the 90 degree corner. It is the length of the hypotenuse.

I measured mine from the muzzle to the furthest point in a straight line. Not the Hypotenuse. So im safe.
762 on the horizontal with toe 150mm below gives 777mm. 200mm toe below gives 789mm. I cold of chopped another ~14mm off my barrel if i really wanted haha.