Way back in the day we had something called a registry. During that time I took a course put on by the rcmp to be what they called a verifer.... I’ve been though this.
That and the wording gives it all away. Over ALL length.
If things that are threaded/screwed on don’t count we’re all going to have to weld out plastic/rubber butt plates to our wood/plastic/metal stocks. Or in your opinion does it only count at one end of the gun?
It’s amazing the lengths a Canadian gun owner will go to to make up imaginary laws to follow.
I owned guns well before the registry ever existed, so please don't attempt to be condescending.
If you have taken the verifier course then you should know of what you speak, however, I would like to see it published for us 'peon's' to read and not have to guess.
It is typical of the Firearms Act and BS on the RCMP sites that everyone has to try and decode what the law actually is - it is published exactly how a barrel is measured and that external devices past the muzzle do not count as barrel length - but nothing is written about regarding how OAL is measured....