Chiappa Mares Leg 12 inch legality.

[pavmentsurfer]

I'm lookin at buying a 12 inch Chiappa Mares leg and I've noticed the specs say it's OAL is only 24 inches. Is it legal and/or non restricted? I thought the legal length for a rifle had to be 26 OAL regardless of barrel length.

Want to make sure it's NR before I buy

 

[Deuce-deuce]

Legal and nonrestricted.

 

[pavmentsurfer]

Im not arguing at all. Very happy to hear that. But how can that be? If its only 24 inches. Oh, wait... were in canada. Never mind.
Lol
Good to hear.

 

[paul792]

Im not arguing at all. Very happy to hear that. But how can that be? If its only 24 inches. Oh, wait... were in canada. Never mind.
Lol
Good to hear.

Bingo. Try not to think about it to hard, causes headaches.

 

[Deuce-deuce]

The 26" thing is different. It doesn't meet the definition of restricted or prohibited, must be...

Im not arguing at all. Very happy to hear that. But how can that be? If its only 24 inches. Oh, wait... were in canada. Never mind.
Lol
Good to hear.

 

[CanAm]

26 in only applies if it is folds, telescopes or is cut, or is deemed a pistol

 

[Deuce-deuce]

26 in only applies if it is folds, telescopes or is cut, or is deemed a pistol

Could you guys import the 9" version?

 

[pavmentsurfer]

So, next question, could the stock legally be cut down even farther if desired?
Are there any options for a regular sized lever loop? Maybe from a full length gun?
Does anyone have any info on the Chiappa sights? Do they need upgrading?

 

[andrew3081]

So, next question, could the stock legally be cut down even farther if desired?
Are there any options for a regular sized lever loop? Maybe from a full length gun?
Does anyone have any info on the Chiappa sights? Do they need upgrading?

There is a version of the Chiappa mares leg that comes with a regular size stock but they only come in 44 mag.
Wanstalls sell that version.

 

[BucketOS]

So, next question, could the stock legally be cut down even farther if desired?
Are there any options for a regular sized lever loop? Maybe from a full length gun?
Does anyone have any info on the Chiappa sights? Do they need upgrading?

The stock cannot be legally cut down even farther. You can replace the large loop lever with a standard 1892 lever that Chiappa makes, but good luck finding one. Most of the ML I see in Canada have the large loop and I don't know of any suppliers that brought in spare components like that. I have not compared this model's lever to the Winchester so I cannot comment on whether you can swap those although I will probably look tonight!

They are patridge open sights and work really well in my opinion anywhere up to 50m. They are dovetailed so you can remove them for peep sights for longer distance shooting with a (swapped) full length '92 buttstock.

 

[Canadian_Zuk]

Im not arguing at all. Very happy to hear that. But how can that be? If its only 24 inches. Oh, wait... were in canada. Never mind.
Lol
Good to hear.

My understanding of it is, because it needs to be operated with 2 hands it skirts the 26" OAL rule.

 

[Ar180shooter]

My understanding of it is, because it needs to be operated with 2 hands it skirts the 26" OAL rule.

Not quite. Requiring 2 hands to operate skirts it meeting the definition of a hand gun. The fact that it is manufactured at below 26" and doesn't fold/collapse means the 26" rule doesn't apply.