AR 15 conversation to 5.45x39 surplus ammo.

[rustbucket_6]

Hey, has anyone here done the conversion? Is it worth doing in canada? Is it legal to do it in canada? What do you guys think about this?

 

[rustbucket_6]

Sorry I forgot to post the link, here it is:

http://www.alloutdoor.com/2014/05/2...ent=2014-06-03&utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter

 

[bearmaz]

Hey, has anyone here done the conversion? Is it worth doing in canada? Is it legal to do it in canada? What do you guys think about this?

Do you have a source for 5.45x39 surplus? There doesn't seem to be that much around. .223 is readily available and not ridiculous in price. I don't see the benefit, unless you have a warehouse full of 5.45.

 

[rustbucket_6]

That's very true

 

[MadMarty]

I saw that article. Neat, but we need readily accessible stockpiles which I haven't seen

 

[fenceline]

It is a case of which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Do the rifles come first, or the ammo for the rifles?

Whoever brings in one, should really bring in the other.

 

[crashcollins]

Since the US just banned steelcore surplus 5.45x39 because there are now pistols that fire it available there (it's now considered AP handgun ammo),it's possible we may start getting some surp 5.45. Not a bad thing for us but sucks the big one for the boys down south!

If it starts coming in in larger quanties I'm in for a gun in that caliber.

 

[sunray]

Where are you finding surplus ammo? NRCan has virtually banned importing most of it due to the corrosive primers. No AP at all.
So has the American ATF. No ammo anywhere.

 

[fenceline]

Where are you finding surplus ammo? NRCan has virtually banned importing most of it due to the corrosive primers. No AP at all.
So has the American ATF. No ammo anywhere.

Since when has NRCan done anything of the sort? Corrosive ammo is for sale everywhere.

 

[crashcollins]

where are you finding surplus ammo? Nrcan has virtually banned importing most of it due to the corrosive primers. No ap at all.
So has the american atf. No ammo anywhere.

lol!

 

[Canadian_Zuk]

oh Sunray LOL

 

[rustbucket_6]

If you take an AR and put an 18inch barrel on it and convert it to the surplus ammo, would it be a NR rifle after? I'm cerious and a noob to this

 

[Hitzy]

If you take an AR and put an 18inch barrel on it and convert it to the surplus ammo, would it be a NR rifle after? I'm cerious and a noob to this

It would be super prohibited then....level 6 prohib I believe....as high as it can get, same for any gun that can shoot into outer space.
Or maybe because the AR is restricted by name, it will always be restricted no matter what you do to it.
18" barrel or less on a semi auto center fire rifle is also restricted.

 

[fenceline]

If you take an AR and put an 18inch barrel on it and convert it to the surplus ammo, would it be a NR rifle after? I'm cerious and a noob to this

No. The lower receiver is the legal firearm. All AR15s are restricted by order in council. Regardless of calibre or barrel length.

 

[rustbucket_6]

How is it that the ACR isn't restricted then?

 

[connexion123]

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[Arnie's Guns]

How is it that the ACR isn't restricted then?

ACR is not an AR.

 

[fenceline]

How is it that the ACR isn't restricted then?

ACR, XCR and SCAR are not AR15 variants. AR15 means "Armalite Rifle design number 15".

ACR = Adaptive Combat Rifle

SCAR = Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle

Not sure what XCR stands for.

 

[rustbucket_6]

XCR = Xtremly Cool Rifle!

Just kidding. And ok, thanks for the info.