Without requiring NFA permits, 16 inches, and that's federal law.
According to federal law the shortest barrel length allowed for both rifle or shotgun is 16 inches.
It depends.. if you have a carbine length barrel and will be using it on a rifle with a carbine length barrel, then yes. If you took it from a rifle with a rifle length barrel, and are putting it on a rifle with a carbine length barrel, then it won't function properly.
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).
A carbine is a type of rifle.
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.
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An assault rifle is a rifle that has more than 22'' inches of barrel and has selective firing rate, while the carbine rifle has a less 22'' inches barrel and semi automatic. ^^ Wrong.. An assault rifle is any select fire rifle that is chambered for an intermediate cartridge... Barrel length has nothing to do with it. The M16 has a 20" barrel length and is considered an assault rifle. The AK47 has a 16" barrel and is considered an assault rifle... Carbines that are select fire and chambered in an intermediate cartridge are still considered assault rifles.
Only if it's pinned and welded, so as to remain a permanent feature of the rifle.
A shotgun barrel length or rifle barrel length starts at the point where the rim of the case touches the shoulder of the chamber and extends to the tip of the muzzle. In most cases, if the barrel is threaded on, yes it would include the threads. lcj
The M14 rifle has a total length of 46.5 inches (1,181 millimeters) and a barrel length of 22 inches.
As long as you follow all Federal laws, any length you want.