[JLA]

Tha sux.. I think id move away from belgium.

 

[JLA]

so you will get in trouble for moving away from belgium too?

 

[JLA]

Its only politics if you make it so.. Im just curious.

 

[JLA]

I aint ever even been to belgium, but I promise, based on the description of thier retarded gun regs, ill never go there.

Good luck to ya..

 

[JLA]

I have always wanted a leopard gun. Maybe ill go pay my tax stamp for a SBS and make me one outta my coachgun.

 

[JLA]

depending on your intended purposes (bird hunting, sporting clays, skeet, trap, etc.) an 18 inch barrel compared to a 26 or 28 inch barrel isnt going to make a whole lot of difference. if you're claiming it as a "sporting rifle" on your paperwork and are actually going to use it in your home then i can see a possible complaint about the extra 10 inches but otherwise it isnt going to make much difference. despite what hollywood says, shortening the barrel isnt going to expand your shot spread dramatically...not movie dramatic anyways. the spread can be more effected by your choke. here is an example chart that shows the differences.

http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/Rastoff/ammo_pattern_spread.gif

This is exactly right. And a good example is special purpose Turkey shotguns. they rarely have longer than 20" barrels and yet they shoot the tightest patterns of any other shotgun.

I cut my 870 back to 19" and had the barrel re-reamed and threaded for the rem chokes. I run a jellyhead ported Turkey tube and a 2 rd mag tube extension. It is one of my fav clay pidgeon guns and can bust em 50 yds out or more.

 

[JLA]

Alas, lasers are also illegal.

Actually my weapon collection is built up from a survivalist perspective, not strictly home defense. In the latter case, you'd indeed be better off choosing a corner and sticking to it. However, the scenario I'm envisioning is a total collapse of society, due to shortages of basic supplies (food, drinkable water) or natural disasters. In this case, staying on the move and living a nomadic life would require you to be able to move around while armed.

And in a situation like that are the authorities really gonna care if you take a hacksaw to your shotgun??