Even without some kind of crazy ban, this thing looks great for a truck, ATV, or ranch rifle:
https://youtu.be/HxHvajr7o3s
I have two of these rifles in 7.62x39 and they are great! I shoot Golden Tiger and get under two inches all day long. I have a ton of GT left over from an AK experiment so my son and I are able to shoot all day and not break the bank. If these sights are produced for the 7.62x39 I will have to set one gun up with irons and maybe a reddot mounted in front.
That .303 is truly a lovely thing. I have thought about doing something along those lines with a bubba'd 1917 Enfield, but then I got distracted by a pair of cut down carbines with receiver sights I found at Cabela's, one made from a 6.5 Swede 96 Mauser and the other a 8mm Persian 98 Mauser. They are very short and handy. I expect that little Persian is going to thump pretty well on both ends.
Indeed! If Pedersoli would just stretch that Howdah out into a baby double rifle with about 20" barrels and offer it in .44 mag and .45 Colt that would be something. Put folding leaf express sights on rib and maybe a Marbles tang sight for when more precision is needed.
Late to the party but what about a ban compliant 18” bbl M1A with composite stock?
Nothing wrong with an M1A if it fits your needs. Hard to accessorize, not super accurate and a little clunky in the ergonomics but a good choice if other options are off the table.
But a real ban is going to target an M1A/Mini-14 too. Right now, an "other" is as legal as an M1A in NY, CT or NJ (they've each got some idiosyncrasies--I think NY says barrel length can't go over 11.5, CT says barrel length can't go under 12.5). If you're limited to 10-round mags, look into the RJK mag couplers, they don't increase capacity but allow you to put multiple 10-rounders into a jungle mag configuration so reloads are slightly faster.