Is my Mossburg bolt action, magazine fed shotgun still legal in NJ

Bolt action. Get a drum magazine, collapsible stock, and a bayonet for it.

Your good to go

You could technically get whatever you want for it but the magazine still cannot be above 15rds/shells.

You could technically get whatever you want for it but the magazine still cannot be above 15rds/shells.

Non-semi auto doesn't apply.

Unless the magazine can fit in another gun that is semi-auto.

Non-semi auto doesn't apply.

 

 

Unless the magazine can fit in another gun that is semi-auto.

 

Hmmm are you guys sure about this? As far as I understood it, any magazine over 15rds in NJ is illegal - be it an 18rd magazine for a bolt action .22 or a 20rd magazine for a pump shotgun.

 

I'm pretty surprised to hear this. I just can't see a 40rd drum mag for a pump shotgun being legal in our state.

Hmmm are you guys sure about this? As far as I understood it, any magazine over 15rds in NJ is illegal - be it an 18rd magazine for a bolt action .22 or a 20rd magazine for a pump shotgun.

 

I'm pretty surprised to hear this. I just can't see a 40rd drum mag for a pump shotgun being legal in our state.

Positive.

 

The state is indifferent to mags that detatch versus fixed. I had a 18 or so round 22 lever action in NJ. It all depends on semi automatic or not

Unless the magazine can fit in another gun that is semi-auto.

True Dat!  And let's not forget about 9 monkey-meter ammo slidin'-on-into a .40 cal mag that will hold 15 rounds of .40 OR 20+ rounds of 9 and function flawlessly.  But that's another topic for another old thread, lol...........

Nothing is cut and dry with regard to firearms laws in NJ. Please remember that LEOs will be using their best judgement on the side of the road. You might be legally in the clear but that doesn't mean you won't find yourself in court to prove it. If you had to dig through scores of legislative doublespeak to find the exact section-subsection-paragraph-indent-sentence-word that absolves you of wrongdoing, chances are the LEO has not.

 

This applies to just about any law that carries stiff penalties, it just so happens that a lot of us share a hobby that could net us a felony with the slightest misstep. Seeing a mag that holds more than 15 rounds of its specified caliber would certainly raise my eyebrow at the range.

 

I say this at the risk of being called out by those who know the letter of the law much more thoroughly than I (and possibly being accused of kowtowing to laws that don't even exist, a la "ammo separate").  I would ask myself if the fun of a drum magazine on the range is worth the hassle of constantly keeping up with the industry specifically to ensure some obscure Bosnian manufacturer hasn't created a semiauto version that can accept your magazine... or even spending some time in the back of a cruiser.

IIRC Nappen got an acquittal for a guy that had a 50 round drum mag for a Tommy gun on the basis that it only fit a full-auto, not a semi.

IIRC Nappen got an acquittal for a guy that had a 50 round drum mag for a Tommy gun on the basis that it only fit a full-auto, not a semi.

hmmm.

A semi-auto version of the Thompson started production in 1974.

hmmm.

A semi-auto version of the Thompson started production in 1974.

Apparently this mag didn't fit the semi-auto version. Not sure why.

Sweet. F them

My KSG will hold 20 something Aguila mini shells. Perfectly legal. Because it's a pump 12g

My KSG will hold 20 something Aguila mini shells. Perfectly legal. Because it's a pump 12g

That's cool...I didn't realize they can hold that many

FWIW his bolt action Mossberg probably holds three rounds tops.

FWIW his bolt action Mossberg probably holds three rounds tops.

I have a bolt Mossberg in 20g, I brought to a shotgun shootout once. The box magazine holds 2 rounds, and chamber holds one.

That's cool...I didn't realize they can hold that many

Regular 2-3/4" shells it can hold 15 total, including one in the chamber. Mini shells I believe it holds 23.

That is cool !