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Originally Posted by Zeraph
I don't trust wikis on mythy subjects like these.
Yeah, as I'd understand it, less barrel is less room for the expansion/propellant of gases which means less power. Not more.
So we'd be left with concealability. Which still doesn't seem all that concealable to me. And only a few shots. Why bother? Hence my wondering if this is more myth than practice (not that some dumb rednecks haven't tried it).
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I don't see anything in the wiki that I disagree with, and I'm fairly familiar with shotguns and shotgun laws.
The modern "sawed off shotgun" is anything with a barrel length of less than 16" something like this modified Remington 870 (with a Knoxx Spec-Ops stock):
or a Serbu Super Shorty: