Federal law requires that a shotgun have a minimum barrel length of 18" and a minimum overall length of 28". Colorado law is not more restrictive.
There are two answers to that term. CARBINE is the general term for a short rifle. However, there is a LEGAL term in the US- Short Barreled Rifle. This refers to a rifle whose barrel is less than 16 inches long, and/or overall length less than 26 inches. Under the US National firearms Act, such rifles are legal only if registered with the BATFE, and a tax paid on their transfer. They are in a similar legal class with sawed off shotguns and machineguns.
USYes. Homemade guns are legal. You may make a gun for your own use provided it is not of a type specially regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms without any license. Guns made for sale to others, machine guns, Destructive Devices, short barrel rifles and short barrel shotguns would require either a license or a tax stamp from ATF.
You need to leave the barrel 16" or longer to be legal.
The legal limit for a shotgun barrel length is at least 18 inches. However, Almost all gun manufacturers make short barrel shotguns to 18.5 inches too solve and measurement dispute that may arise. ADDED; Measured from the muzzle tip to the tip of the stock. the entire overall length of the shotgun cannot be less than 26 inches.
If the barrel is really 11 inches and you do not have a federal tax stamp to show for this gun it is worth about 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both. Shotguns with barrel length under 18 inches (measured from the breech face) fall under the NFA and must be registered with the ATF as short barrel shotguns and a $200 tax must be paid. The paperwork must be done before acquiring or making the gun.
The legal barrel length for shotguns in Arizona is 18 inches. Any shotgun with a barrel length less than 18 inches is considered a short-barreled shotgun and is subject to federal regulations.
The minimum legal barrel length for a rifle without requiring it to be tax stamped and registered as a Short Barreled Rifle is 16 inches - that's federal law, and not just Vermont.
It really depends on what state you live in, but most states dont allow the following: Fully automatic firearms, short-barreled rifles and shotguns (rifles must have a barrel length of at least 16 inches, and shotguns must have a barrel length of at least 18 and 1/4). All firearms in all states must be registered and have all registered parts. One of the most sought out questions is weather or not silencers are legal. this too depends on your state. states such as nevada and oregon have relatively loose gun laws.
In Ohio, the legal minimum barrel length for a rifle is 16 inches. Any rifle with a barrel length shorter than that would be considered a short-barreled rifle, which is regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA).
If you mean fully automatic (that is, a machine gun) Ohio law DOES permit private ownership. However, the machine gun must have been registered with the Federal BATFE. If you mean semi-automatic, there are no state laws that forbid it.
There is no legal maximum for a pistol barrel, A RIFLE must have a MINIMUM 16 inch barrel unless registered as a "Short Barreled Rifle", but pistols do not have a maximum.
18 for Title 1 rifles and shotguns, 21 for Title 1 handguns, and any Title II items (full auto weapons, short barreled rifles/shotguns, AOW, destructive devices, etc.)