Older friend of mine has a Winchester model 290 that they have had since new, bought in the late 60's or early 70's.

 

It's a semi auto with a tube feed, that will hold 17 .22LR rounds. Probably about 25 shorts.

 

I'm assuming this would be illegal for him to own in NJ, but I was thinking about the particular circumstances... if it was legally purchased in NJ in lets say 1972, then how does the law apply to it now? Same rules? Any grandfathering? The receiver is marked to accept 22S, L and LR.

 

Thanks.

Ain't no grandfather clause in New Jersey for guns. According to NJ it's an assault weapon. Retarded, yes it is.

 

By the way, this also applies to pre-ban/post-ban rifles. With one stroke of the pen, our state government decided that previously law-abiding gun owners were felons. To me, that was a criminal act.

Thank you. Very very sad. If this person was in NJ, I'm assuming that the feed tube would have to be pinned or permanently modified in a way to limit the mag to 15 shorts, is that right?

Yes. I know that Marlin had to make a replacement tube that only held 15 rounds of 22LR for their Model 60.