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October 13, 2017, 01:48 PM
mrmn50
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Originally posted by IndianaBoy:
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Originally posted by mrmn50:
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Originally posted by mbinky: I always though 16" for rifles and 18" for shotguns was so random...but I guess I'll never know.
The above link is either wrong or apocryphal or both.This message has been edited. Last edited by: mrmn50, October 13, 2017 03:12 PM
October 13, 2017, 01:55 PM
RogueJSK
Sorry, but that "apocryphal story" in your link doesn't hold water. M1 Carbines have a barrel length of 18 inches. And there were M1 Carbines being sold on the commercial market prior to the change to 16" in 1960 anyway.
So the decision to change from 18" to 16" couldn't have been a result of the government's desire to surplus out M1 Carbines.
October 13, 2017, 02:12 PM
IndianaBoy
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Originally posted by mrmn50:
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Originally posted by IndianaBoy:
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Originally posted by mrmn50:
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Originally posted by mbinky: I always though 16" for rifles and 18" for shotguns was so random...but I guess I'll never know.
No email so I cannot send it.
Seriously?
Post it.
I am taking a knee.
>>>>>>> you are smoking dope <<<<<<
October 13, 2017, 02:52 PM
mrmn50
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Originally posted by RogueJSK: Sorry, but that "apocryphal story" in your link doesn't hold water. M1 Carbines have a barrel length of 18 inches. And there were M1 Carbines being sold on the commercial market prior to the change to 16" in 1960 anyway.
So the decision to change from 18" to 16" couldn't have been a result of the government's desire to surplus out M1 Carbines.
What about the rest of it??
October 13, 2017, 02:54 PM
RogueJSK
None of the rest of it addresses specifically why a length of 16" was chosen. The other posts on that page just talks in generalities about why short barrel rifles are regulated. (Namely concealability)
That "surplus M1 Carbine" story is the only post on that page that states a reason why 16" was set as the minimum. And it's just that... a story. The guy who posted it even labeled it as "apocryphal" - meaning "of doubtful authenticity; of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; in the nature of an urban legend".
October 13, 2017, 03:09 PM
mrmn50
Well, as usual, thank you to you. Sounded good to me though. For whatever that is worth.
Also, thanks for the dictionary lesson. Appreciated.
I will correct thread title and keep searching.
October 13, 2017, 03:41 PM
terma-nator
The NFA tax of $200.00 was picked because that's what a tommy gun cost at the time.
16" was probably picked for the same dumb reason. It suited the gov at the time.
I love it here!
My Gun collection: Too many to list. Lets just say that the zombies should look elsewhere.
October 13, 2017, 04:15 PM
David W
The truth might be like the Ring movie and you will die in 7 days!
David W. Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. -Sophocles
October 13, 2017, 04:44 PM
mrmn50
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Originally posted by David W: The truth might be like the Ring movie and you will die in 7 days!
or, the truth could be like in the 2001 A Space Odyssey and you will sing "Daisey, Daisey....."
October 13, 2017, 04:53 PM
RogueJSK
Could be like "Raiders of the Lost Ark", where your face melts off when it's revealed.
October 13, 2017, 05:00 PM
sigmonkey
Or it could be like The Matrix, where there is no spoon.
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב!
October 13, 2017, 06:09 PM
mrmn50
I think that The Forum is being infiltrated by Liberals and progressives.
