Thread: Legal length.

Originally Posted by Fssprecision

Great job, I have just got a printer I will have a play

Cheers
Darren

Yeah, they are quite good fun and can turn out some cool bits. I have a resin printer, its amazing the detail vs a normal printer

Half the fun is drawing the stuff in CAD too

I guess a clever fella could turn up a short barrel extension eg pipe threaded on both ends,one internal,one external and thread it onto existing thread and somehow make it permanent.....tight thread with locktite???cold solder?? perhaps..its no more temperary than a normal barrel if you have hacksaw or angle grinder....I have seen a review of a shot gun that had one...and have never seen or heard anything about it since.....it you think about it the likes of the 700 pumps that came out with stupidly short barrels could very simply be extended back to 25-26-28" with double ended piece of barrel.... heck you could even make a batman special into a decent waterfowl gun.

Originally Posted by makka

Yeah, they are quite good fun and can turn out some cool bits. I have a resin printer, its amazing the detail vs a normal printer

Half the fun is drawing the stuff in CAD too

I am very new to this, got an Ender 3 S1 Pro and using Tinkercad (very easy to use), but seems to have so many possibilities. I do a lot of muzzle threading and always get asked for thread caps so have started squirting them out. A friend has both and as you say resin is better in certain applications.

Cheers

I have been using fusion 360, been a bit of a learning curve but good fun.
I did some thread caps the other day too!

Would anyone know how telescopic buts are measured? I remember reading some time ago in the days of E-Cat that police considered overall length to me measured with the stock in its fully opened position. Would this technically still be the case?

Originally Posted by Nick303

Would anyone know how telescopic buts are measured? I remember reading some time ago in the days of E-Cat that police considered overall length to me measured with the stock in its fully opened position. Would this technically still be the case?

I believe the case with folding stocks (not sure about extendable stocks) is that if they can be fired with the stock folded the measurement is taken in the folded position. And of course many would be under the legal length.
If by folding the stock the trigger cannot be operated (as in some firearms) the legal measurement is taken with the stock unfolded/extended.

nope..in fully shrunk position unless permanently pinned would be more likely correct..EG the smallest/shortest it can be.... why a folding stock must block trigger/action from being used in folding position if my memory serves me correctly.


snap...zimmer must have been typing at same time LOL.

I tried using AI for an answer but I’m unable to verify if still true.

“In New Zealand, the overall length of a rifle
with a telescoping buttstock is measured in
the fully extended position. This is because
the length of the firearm is a factor in
determining its classification under New
Zealand's firearms laws, and the fully
extended position is seen as the firearm's
maximum potential length. The
measurement is taken from the tip of the
rifle's barrel to the end of the buttstock, with
the buttstock fully extended.”

nick.....that reads maximum extended length....NOT minimum which is the relevant bit.

Originally Posted by Friwi

You should print one with the logo «* barely legal*» on it :-)

Yeah nah he'd get done for Copyright Infringement, I vaguely recall a series of videos on VHS going by such a name

@makka slightly off topic with this thread but would making a cap like you have shown above but with a blank end on it be something you could make and sell? Ive wanted something like this for a while, currently when my rifle is in the scabbard on my pack i put some tape over the end of the barrel to stop shit getting down it when im travelling, take it off and fit supressor when im ready to hunt. Having a cap like that to seal off the end of the barrel rather than using tape would be awesome

I would be inclined to try plastic bottle caps and find something that will go on...sooner or later you just know "it" will happen.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I would be inclined to try plastic bottle caps and find something that will go on...sooner or later you just know "it" will happen.

Have thought of that but most caps are too large for the threaded end of the muzzle. I never shoot this rifle without putting the supressor on so "it" wouldnt be an issue, but i do see where your coming from. If something was made that was good enough to screw on and seal the barrel from debris, but thin/weak enough to just fly apart if you were to fire a shot with it still threaded on, that would be ideal.

Ive thought a toothpaste lid would be ideal....like a flip up scope cover

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Ive thought a toothpaste lid would be ideal....like a flip up scope cover

Not a bad idea. Well see what makka says, Im all for spending money with other forum members if hes wanting to make something up