AR-15: 16" HBAR cut to 10.5"/11.5" Any problems ???

Was talking to Casey at Tac Ord and he said exactly the same thing as Alberta Tactical. He won't cut under 18 1/2.
 
alberta tactical rifle said:
I just had the exact same conversation with Gary Dare at the firearms center today in fact. He told me exactly the same thing, to shorten an AR barrel below 16" makes the barrel a prohibited item. The reason I asked is that we have a contract on the works with 1 of the bigger importers and because the DOS will no longer approve exports of short barrelled ARs or anything with a threaded muzzle, they want to solve this problem in Canada.
We as a manufacture can and are making short barrels for the ARs but by law can NOT shorten 1 made by someone else below 16".

Having FAR too much to loose will take Garys advise and refrain from cutting down barrels, if Epps wants to wander into the grey area of the criminal code good for them.
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at last someone agree's with me, the only way to know for sure is to ask the guys who interperet the law and thats the RCMP so there you have it.
gary's a great guy and a real gunnut
 
bluestratus said:
at last someone agree's with me, the only way to know for sure is to ask the guys who interperet the law and thats the RCMP so there you have it.
gary's a great guy and a real gunnut
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There are more internet experts on legal issues than there are lawyers I think.
Better to ask the source who is making and interpretting the laws than guess based on logic, when it comes to firearms , logic is seldom present.

Gary if you are reading this , I have not forgotten , you still owe me a beer.:p
 
well guys this shows what a mess the regs are eh? Open to interpritation......
Look at it this way, why would you cut down a perfectly good long barrel, versus go buy a shorty? With regard to gas/ fucntion problems, you can open up a whole can of worms depending on your initial gas port size, what type of gas tube is fitted etc etc. A heavy buffer (not hydraulic) wil help out loads if you do run into problems, and it is the cheapest method & can be left in with the longer barrel.
The other point here is short barrels have two purposes, punching holes in paper & looking ally in movies..........
 
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