a quick heads-up re the midwest handguards - if you want to mount an mlok rail on the top you will have clearance issues with an un-fluted barrel (no idea if it works with a fluted barrel). requires a bit of massaging with a file, dremel, etc., to fit but nothing major.
I'm in Ontario, all I had to do when I needed to change the classification for a shotgun from restricted to non-restricted (due to overall length) was take a picture of the serial number and of the shotgun next to a tape measure and email it to the RCMP firearms lab and they changed the status for me. That was a couple years ago so things might of changed, but it was a super easy process.
There's a difference between living and living free...
I was wondering if there is a variety of this barrel that I don’t need to wait half a year to get….
Victory Formation
A society grows great when men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit."Somebody get a gun and shoot it! Doesn't anybody have a gun?" Jaws 1975
Oh I'm sure I'll regret it, but I'll bite...
The current average wait is at 16 weeks, which is more loosely translated to 1/3rd of a year. We are trying to shorten lead times.
I know RDSC had ordered a small number of these, I assumed to retail or install on customized PC9's. That's about the only thing I can imagine is if you paid someone else to do the wait for you.