New Jersey prohibits the possession of “destructive devices” which include any center-fire rifle that is capable of firing a .50 BMG cartridge.¹ A .50 BMG cartridge” means a cartridge that is designed and intended to be fired from a center-fire rifle and that meets all of the following criteria:

• It has an overall length of 5.54 inches from the base to the tip of the bullet;
• The bullet diameter for the cartridge is from .510 inches to and including .511 inch;
• The case base diameter for the cartridge is from .800 inches to and including .804 inch; and
• The cartridge case length is 3.91 inches.²

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1. N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:39-3(a).[↩]
2. N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:39-1(c)(5), (ee).[↩]