Originally Posted by ESW

I'd never pay $1500 for any .22 LR unless it were an olympic gold medal winning rifle.

I would have guessed that once the stock was "permenently" removed it would not longer be classified as a rifle. If the total rifle length is too short from cutting the tube it's a illegal rifle too. Couldn't the rifle be de-butted and reclassified somehow? I don't know gunsmithing law. How do you know for sure it cannot be removed legally?