re: Official SHOT Show 2018 thread

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Reformation doesn’t require tax stamp because of straight rifling?

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I've never seen rifling defined in the regs, but apparently straight grooves is not what they consider rifling since Franklin claims to have a determination letter. Although maybe this will force them to define it as any barrel that imparts rotation on the bullet. I mean a polygonal barrel is "smooth" so why isn't that OK? Anyway, Good luck finding a straight "rifled" barrel though. I'd also rather pay $200 for a tax stamp than $5 per round, or whatever the sure to be high cost due to lack of economies of scale, price their nerf ball ammo cost. But maybe it's marketing genius because people who are into binary triggers, which it comes with, would definitely love this dumb shite too.