CSA VZ.61 Skorpion in .22LR rimfire
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johnny the boy
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Yup non restricted and I am in!
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- Southern Ontario
I already have the restricted Vz.61 model(s) anyway, so couldn't care less about a NR bbl.
I'd go for a shorter .22 conversion kit (with the fake can), just for kicks and giggles. Can they make black plastic mags instead of those transparent plastic ones? I don't care for the transparent plastic look. Makes it look like an airsoft toy or something, just IMHO, to each his own. Maybe black plastic (sort of like the plastic Magpul waffle style), with a thin little viewing window or periodic viewing slots, to see the shell count? Just an idea.
I'd go for a shorter .22 conversion kit (with the fake can), just for kicks and giggles. Can they make black plastic mags instead of those transparent plastic ones? I don't care for the transparent plastic look. Makes it look like an airsoft toy or something, just IMHO, to each his own. Maybe black plastic (sort of like the plastic Magpul waffle style), with a thin little viewing window or periodic viewing slots, to see the shell count? Just an idea.
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Lol I guess not much D!!!!
I thought I remembered that in some of my registry paperwork my Skorpion WAS called a 'handgun"
- Location
- Behind a large rock
Nope. Hence the 5 round mags.
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
It isn't. The handgun model is named prohibited by Order In Council.
The Skorpion we have is a commercial version of the sub-machine gun, and is considered a rifle.
Remove the stock, and you will have a prohibited handgun.
PinaKaleada
CGN Regular
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- South of most
That's quite odd. Wouldn't the status of a firearm be determined by what kind of receiver it is? Rather than having or not having a stock?
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- East of Home, West of the Rest
The sub machine gun / rifle was made first. The prohibited submachine pistol which came later is the named prohibited firearm. As per the rcmp view of things, hence why they deemed it a rifle variant and not a variant of the later pistol design. Liberal OIC wording backfired on the gun grabbers in our favour.
However, a rifle can be modified into a handgun configuration. With the Skorpion that would be as simple as removing the stock. Turn your rifle into a handgun, and you are pushing it into the prohibited OIC territory.
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- Behind a large rock
This I didn't know... Just to clarify. Removing your stock magically turns it into a prohib?
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- East of Home, West of the Rest
Potentially. Hasn't been tested yet legally. Suffice it to say, the pistol/handgun version is prohib, and removing the stock would result in having a handgun.
I think it's reaching to 'turn' a CV into a prohibited pistol by removing the stock. The it has its own category. There are reasons (maintenance) why a stock would be removed. However, reaching is what the cops do most of the time. We know the Gun Digest intent of the ban was to prohibit the Scarab Skorpion. I don't think they envisioned the real ones being around.
