Nitro_Kid

Hoser - Where did you get/how did you make your "welded up benelli carrier I saw in your on-line pix? That looked very cool...

Good practical advice above. And I do rather like the M4 - which is how I fell into this topic in the first place! My local law enforcement is excellent and I'm honored shoot with some of Arizona's finest at our local ranges. But while I value their professional opinons on the subject, enforcement of 922r alone is not part their normal duties, unless, as you point out above, it is comes up during another investigation. So..... since the Benelli is such a outstanding weapon for home defense, I think its important that it stand up to the most intense scruntiny in the event it has to be used as the final option to defend home and family. Then, even the most "level guy" is going to have to answer lots of questions, especially about a weapon that makes such big holes. Hence my thread of technical questions above....

Similarily, what's the best choke & slug combo for a 18.5 inch barrel?

Got two votes now that a non-pistol grip w/ 7+ extender is OK. Can anyone point me in the direction of the regs that are the basis for that? Indeed the other 922r threads have covered the same issue but there is still lots of room for interpretation.... The key piece that caught my attention in the 922r thread is in the ATF's letter about the M4, which says: "A shotgun having a magazine capacity of more than five shells is prohibited from importation under 18 USC 925(d)® since it fails to sporting firearms criteria. Therefore it is a violation of 18 USC 922® to assemble such a shotgun from imported parts, as listed in 27 CFR 478.39." Of course the next para. says its OK if the shotgun has 10 or fewer parts. So..... if the imported parts count on an M1 is 13 as pdw4137 indicates above, it would seem that the presence/absence of the PG would not matter - its the capacity that is the key issue.... If this is indeed the case, does anyone have a recommendation which parts can be swapped out with readily available USA parts to make it 992r compliant?

I suppose only a jury could decide that one, but by then it is way too late! Obviously an internet forum is not the place for definitive legal advice, but so far this forum has had lots of other good info... in fact I would not even have thought there might be a problem if hadn't found the worriesome M4 ATF letter here in the first place! I was asking in the hopes that maybe someone had already had received verifiable info regarding the M1 from ATF, Benelli or some other authoritative source.... [ 09-28-2006, 05:19 PM: Message edited by: Nitro_Kid ]

So then the big question is the imported parts count on the M1. BATF's letter says that the M4 has 11 parts, including a separate pistol grip. By my count the M1 would only have 10 qualifying parts, since the pistol grip stock is a one piece unit on the M1. But that's my part count and I'm no expert on Benelli's.... and the M1 is a different design than the M4. Which brings me back to where we started.... does anyone know one way or the other for sure? Or is that question best left unanswered?

Mesa - thanks - had been tracking that thread - but does the same logic apply to the M1?

Does anyone have info on number of imported parts on an m1? Other threads in this forum had an ATF letter on the m4 (ATF says 11), but the m1 is very different design. Is the m1 entirely imported or are there any USA made parts?

I'm pretty sure that the restriction on having a pistol grip and greater than 5 round mag capacity (which would make it an assault weapon by 1994 AWB definition) expired with the AWB in 2004. But I'm not an expert - that's why I'm putting it out to the forum!!!! Can anyone confirm or deny? Anyone have any solid info on 5+ round capacity on a post-89 import m1?

I recently swapped the conventional stock for a pistol grip stock on my M1. There seems to be a pretty significant gap between the back of the receiver and the front of the stock - maybe a tenth of an inch or so; much larger than the slight gap visible with the factory stock. Any suggestions on how to reduce or fill the gap? Background: I bought the pistol grip stock used, and it looks like a correct factory benelli stock, but could be earlier or later production than my gun.

Does anyone know for sure if it is legal or not legal to install a factory full length magazine extension (the one that increases the capacity to 7 rounds) on an M1 Super 90 tactical?

[ 09-23-2006, 07:45 PM: Message edited by: Nitro_Kid ]

Is this likely to affect m1 owners? Are there more than 10 of the "qualifying parts" in an M1?