(IRS)Buying 14' Combat Shotguns.

Fed Gov.com ^ | 02/02/10 | staff

[Leisler]

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to purchase sixty Remington Model 870 Police RAMAC #24587 12 gauge pump-action shotguns for the Criminal Investigation Division. The Remington parkerized shotguns, with fourteen inch barrel, modified choke, Wilson Combat Ghost Ring rear sight and XS4 Contour Bead front sight, Knoxx Reduced Recoil Adjustable Stock, and Speedfeed ribbed black forend, are designated as the only shotguns authorized for IRS duty based on compatibility with IRS existing shotgun inventory, certified armorer and combat training and protocol, maintenance, and parts.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Fourteen FEET????

I gots one of them in my two story closet.

[Las Vegas Ron]

I have a Stoeger P350 whith an 18 1/2” barrel, strictly for indoor use.

[vox_freedom]

1991 Remington 870 SP 20 inch that’s been converted to an 870 Police.

That's a durn good weapon and nice for deer hunting too.

[Gordon Pym]

1991 Remington 870 SP 20 inch that’s been converted to an 870 Police.

That's a durn good weapon and nice for deer hunting too.

The Winchester 16ga was a good weapon too unless it was hand loaded with ball bearings as they found out during the Kansas City Massacre

[elcid1970]

An earlier post states that a less than 18” shotgun barrel requires only a five dollar tax stamp. However, it registers the gun and puts the owner on a special “all other weapons” list at the BATFE.

An 18” bbl on my 870 with a Pachmayr pistol grip works just fine for me and is legal with no additional paperwork.

[WOBBLY BOB]

AOW= $5 stamp

short-barreled shotgun= $200.

they have short-barreled shotgun category.

I’ve had to do the paperwork to own a Serbu Supershorty(junk, BTW) ...it was $5 stamp tax.

[vox_freedom]

...unless it was hand loaded with ball bearings

That doesn't work? Guess I won't be doing that this weekend.
;-)

[elcid1970]

I stand corrected.

BTW, wasn’t that $200 transfer tax imposed in 1934 when NFA was passed, when a dollar was still a dollar?

Wonder why ChuckEschumer hasn’t tried to have it indexed for inflation?

[Clinging Bitterly]

Yeah they are AOW and the NFA tax is minuscule - it's not unheard of to pick up the guns for $400 or so when cop shops are selling them off. They are somewhat a niche weapon, and I think a bit short on rounds for the purposes many of us like to have a pump gun.

The specs don't mention breacher nozzles but it seems to me the 14 inchers have them quite often. I did not look up Remington's exact specs for that model number.

Why IRS thinks they need them is a mystery to me since there are already cops who will happily enforce bona-fide judicial orders in every state and county. Probably just a little extra stimulus money to spend to help out a small business or two.

Yeah that's gotta be it - nothing to get het up about at all.

[WOBBLY BOB]

don’t give Schmucky any bright ideas.

[kbennkc]

Now maybe Rangel and Turbo Tim will pay their taxes . I think they should have gone for the 16.5’ barrel . Then it could be called the Shot Rod .

[El Gato]

Presumably they mean fourteen inches. Wouldn't that be considered a 'sawed-off' shotgun, which is illegal last time I heard. That was twenty years ago, so perhaps things have changed.

Not illegal, just highly regulated and taxed. In some states illegal. In others impossible to obtain because no chiefl LEO or DA will sign the paperwork.

That all applies to us peons, not the Government. They can have shotguns with 7" barrel if they want, and in some cases, they do.

[SuperLuminal]

The trend continues unabated since the 90’s...Since they can't get rid of the 2nd....Arm every conceivable government servant in preparation for the coming storm...

[21twelve]

Teddy Roosevelt’s musuem has some “shotguns” that are probably 8-foot long. Punt guns, for mounting on a small boat (a “punt”) and shooting ducks as they rested on the water. 1 or 2 guage as I recall. (More of a cannon than a shotgun).

[21twelve]

A link with photos of more punt guns.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2007/08/30/punt-guns/

[Churchillspirit]

Good! I hope they take one with them when they go after Geitner.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Sooooweeeeeet....I noticed this little tid bit on their web page:

“** This product requires federal registration under the national firearms act of 1934

[Las Vegas Ron]

LOL! What are they gonna do when Obama’s EPA decrees all squad cars must be Cooper Minis?

Ah man, I just spit all ove my freakin monitor.....big time lol!

[coloradan]

Given that such weapons are only useful for “criminals and terrorists” (according to some government agents), well, that just about figures. Criminals and terrorists indeed.

[Born Conservative]

A 14 foot shotgun; that’s a HUGE barrel!