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    25 and 32 were considered "Saturday night specials" by the nannies, thus banned.

    The AR15 was to be banned along with all the other scary guns in gun digest, but the DCRA stepped in and said they were needed for DCRA competition as they are Canada's service rifle
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    Quote Originally Posted by fenceline View Post
    Yes you can have a barrel less that 18 inches and be Non-Restricted... ON A RIMFIRE RIFLE. With rimfires it is all about overall length, and barrel length doesn't play a factor. Not so with a centerfire rifle.

    You can install a new, 12.5 inch barrel and as long as it is over 26 inches OAL, you are still NR. But if you CUT the 16 inch barrel, it would become prohibited. YOU CAN'T CUT A BARREL BELOW 18 inches. But you can install a new barrel made to a length under 18 inches.

    Come on people. Read the firearms act. Stop going to secondary sources.

    Yes indeed, that's an important distinction: centerfire and rimfire are treated differently...and cutting vs. using factory/aftermarket barrels. That's why I specifically mentioned my Ruger SR22 and the Dlask barrel (a semi-auto firearm that one can own legally w/ a barrel < 18") but obviously not clear enough.

    The link is pretty good, albeit not perfectly comprehensive, for those of you not wanting to attempt wading thru the horribly drafted Act and Regs AND the Code:

    CC s. 84(1) “prohibited firearm” (d): If the barrel has been SHORTENED to less than 18″/457mm, after leaving the factory, “by sawing, cutting or ANY other alteration or modification” that forces the firearm into the “prohibited firearm” class.
    NOTE: The firearm is NOT forced into the “prohibited firearm” class if it left the factory with the barrel at below-18″/457mm barrel length. I have, for example, a .22 rimfire semi-auto 30-shot rifle with a 9-3/4″ barrel, a .410 single-shot shotgun with an 11-3/4″ barrel, two 12-gauge pump-action shotguns with 14″ barrels, a .22 rimfire pump-action rifle with a 17-7/8″ custom barrel and a .223 calibre rifle with a 14″ barrel — AND ALL OF THEM ARE NON-RESTRICTED. THAT IS BECAUSE THEY EITHER LEFT THE FACTORY WITH THOSE BARRELS, OR WERE FITTED WITH FACTORY- OR CUSTOM-MADE BARRELS IN THOSE LENGTHS AT SOME LATER DATE, and were NEVER fitted with a longer barrel. One left the factory with NO barrel, and so a 14″ barrel could be legally fitted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CanAm View Post
    25 and 32 were considered "Saturday night specials" by the nannies, thus banned.

    The AR15 was to be banned along with all the other scary guns in gun digest, but the DCRA stepped in and said they were needed for DCRA competition as they are Canada's service rifle
    Too bad they couldn't sneak the FAL in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fenceline View Post
    Too bad they couldn't sneak the FAL in.
    wasn't our service rifle at the time

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    Quote Originally Posted by CanAm View Post
    wasn't our service rifle at the time
    As if they'd know...
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    Quote Originally Posted by fenceline View Post
    As if they'd know...
    Or care...
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