Range Thunder: Our Mossberg 590 Shockwave Review

By Denis Prisbey

So-called “sawed-off shotguns” have a long and legendary history going all the way back to the 1700s in original flintlock coach gun format, but we’re probably most familiar today with the short scatterguns carried by Chicago gangsters that led to the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934.

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Intended by Congress to deal with the popularity of certain high-profile weapons among the always-warring gangland factions and the new breed of motorized highway bandits of the early 1930s, the NFA generically lumped sawed-off shotguns with barrel lengths under 18 inches, rifles with barrels under 16 inches, full-auto machine guns and suppressors into one nationally regulated category requiring a specific federal process to go through for legal possession, including a $200 tax stamp.

This act accomplished several things, the most obvious of which was that it effectively removed legal possession of the affected items from reach of the everyday guy or gal who didn’t have $200 to spare in …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life