Quote Originally Posted by rayfleet View Post
I think I understand that rule about 'once a rifle always a rifle' but let's say you own a Crosman 2250 and occasionally want to shoot it without the stock, it would look awfully like a pistol but be over the limit for a pistol. Is this really ok to do something like this? If it's all down to whether it says 2240 or 2250 on the receiver of a modded build this could mean that virtually identical builds would be legal in one case and illegal in the other. I can't somehow believe that it would be ok to build a special based on a 2250 and crank it up to 11ft/lbs and occasionally use it in pistol form
Even if it were okay to do this (which it isn't), I guess the resulting "pistol" would be horribly imbalanced, both from a weight distribution point of view and aesthetically. Thankfully the 2240 pistol can still be had cheaply new, so better to go that route.

I've gone the other way with one of my 2240s......shoulder stock, steel breech and red dot sight, but kept it at legal pistol power. Still makes for a fun "mini-carbine" for short range fun.