I keep saying it guys.....Think of the headlines in the paper if the media finds out that the RCMP have allowed this to happen without ever having even examined the rifles in the first place 12 years ago.
The RCMP REALLY don't want this BS hassle. They may just push it under the rug regardless of what the find. Can the RCMP afford another scandal right now. Especially one that involves having to track a bunch of guns just after the LGR was done away with.
Because it's an open investigation, and the RCMP won't discuss it in public, they have put the onus on the importer's to prove that not only are these rifles derived from the 540, but that they have always been. They have asked for diagrams backing this up, along with statements from SAN....They have given until June 30th for the importers to answer there questions, and then they will make a decision, who knows what that will be, but it is my understanding, that they are hoping this all goes away.....