Marble Game Getter

How it changed

The first generation, the Model 1908, had two variations: the 1908A and 1908B.^[2] The 1908A featured a flexible rear tang sight mounted behind the hammer.^[2] The 1908B had the sight hole plugged.^[2] In the United States, models with shotgun barrel lengths of 12 inches or more but less than 18 inches require a transfer tax stamp and registration as an Any Other Weapon under the NFA.^[3]

Original Model 1908 and Model 1921 models produced before 1943 are Curios & Relics under US law.^[3] However, those models are still subject to NFA provisions if their barrels are less than 18 inches.^[3] The Bureau determined that the 18-inch barrel version was not concealable on the person.^[3] The NFA does not apply to the version with 18-inch barrels and folding stocks.^[3]

Removal of the stock makes the weapon less than 26 inches, qualifying it as a weapon made from a rifle or shotgun under the NFA.^[3] In 1939, the Bureau of Internal Revenue decided that the 18-inch barrel version of the firearm was not concealable on a person, and therefore administratively removed that variation from regulation under the NFA.^[3]

What the maker and period sources say

A 2010 reference work by Shideler describes the Game Getter as a light, double-barrel, over-under combination gun with a skeleton folding stock.^[1][4]