Originally Posted by Alk8944 View Post
If the firearm caliber is designated by "Gauge". 12 Ga, 16 Ga, 20 Ga, etc. it is a shotgun. Sights, rifling, etc. have nothing to do with it.
If defined by "Caliber", .22, .30, 45, and shoots a metallic cartridge, then it is a rifle.
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Originally Posted by RobertJ.
I think this is a very good example of a simple, common sense definition!
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Sorry, nothing in this ole world is cut and dried, ie: a shotgun with a bore of .410".
