"...CFC will no longer accept the .303 extensions..." No extensions at all any more. The guy who did mine(a Plainfield) was a master machinist. Turned the .303 barrel to fit the original muzzle, moved the front sight and blued it. Unless you're very close, you can't tell. Still doesn't count, of course.
Why is the M1is restricted ???
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I recall seeing photos of a M-1 recovered in Montreal. Shortened at both ends, converted to auto. Interestingly, the conversion had nothing to do with the M-2 design. Whoever did the conversion had a pretty fair understanding of firearm mechanisms. Instead of the M-2 teeter-totter, it had a pull foreward bar, more akin to an M-14. Because the M-1 trigger mechanism is unlike a M-14's, the sear kicker was quite different.
Unfortunately a lot of nice original barrels got boogered in the process of doing these. I have a Saginaw barrel with excellent rifling that was turned down to accept one of these extension sleeves. The barrel OD was reduced to the point where it is now much too small to fit an original sight. As a bonus there is some kind of pressed in sleeve which retains the gas piston after the piston nut is removed. It seems the idea might have been to make this a manually operated single shooter.
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I believe the term they used was uninterrupted rifling. You would not get that with a 303 barrel used for an extension. The rifling is different, different number of lands and grooves, and different bore diameter. An extension made out of an identically rifled carbine barrel may well work and be accepted.
I think what the law should have said, to have worked, was "effective rifling". But it did not, it only said rifled portion of the barrel, so if a guy wanted to try and challenge their ruling over a $300 gun, he may have a basis to do so.
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In the 60's and 70's, Montreal bank robbers used to cut off the buttstock behind the grip and saw the barrel in front of the forearm so they'd have a powerful semi-auto weapon that would fit right under a trench coat. And by the way, it happened a lot more than once. I saw it myself as I lived next to an often targetted bank.
There isn't much metal stock in that flimsy Carbine barrel to work with if one was to consider boring out the barrel and installing a rifled liner. I doubt this is a feasible option. Even if it were, you would be looking at a goofy muzzle with a reduced diameter liner projecting out the end of the original barrel.
there are now easier ways to go....
I've recently been musing over the SHORT barreled 12ga shotguns out there.
Purple, the barrel I recently installed on my M1 Carbine came from Tradex. It is made up of four different pieces, all sleeved over a liner. I was quite surprised when I received it and to tell the truth was a bit reluctant to use it because of its construction. I was wrong and should have done it a few years back when I purchased the barrel. It shoots fine. I don't know if it will maintain accuracy if it gets hot, like the old barrel used to but as it stands, it shoots quite well.
I was so impressed, that I am considering making up a liner for a prohib pistol so that I can get it reclassified as restricted.
I don't know if liners can be had in different diameter ODs. They only have to be 5-10mm longer than 470mm to be non restricted. There is no reason why they can't be turned down from a 30 cal barrel with a muzzle extension that is long enough and the same diameter as the original barrel.
The only reason I'm even mentioning this is if someone wants to keep the original barrel look, it might be the way to go. Other than that, have Bits of Pieces bring one in for you from the US or make one up, whichever is cheapest.
I was so impressed, that I am considering making up a liner for a prohib pistol so that I can get it reclassified as restricted.
I don't know if liners can be had in different diameter ODs. They only have to be 5-10mm longer than 470mm to be non restricted. There is no reason why they can't be turned down from a 30 cal barrel with a muzzle extension that is long enough and the same diameter as the original barrel.
The only reason I'm even mentioning this is if someone wants to keep the original barrel look, it might be the way to go. Other than that, have Bits of Pieces bring one in for you from the US or make one up, whichever is cheapest.
Back in the fifties in my area there was a one armed war vet(amputated just below the left shoulder) who used one as a deer rifle. He was quite a woodsman and my dad said he dumped quite a few whitetails with the little carbine.
Who'd a thunk it-a multi piece barrel.
Getting the gas cylinder right would be a tricky proposition. Given that these are not really a hunting caliber, why not stick with the original restricted length barrel and just plink away at the range.
