Barrle shrouds

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So I just got off the [phone with a Firearms Technician from the CFP. I was inquiring about the FX Bobcat. I was told that due to a prohibited device being attached to the airgun it is not legal to own in Canada. I thought at first that he was talking about the bullpup stock, but what he was referring to was the barrel shroud and told me that they consider that to be a sound suppressing device and as such the FRT (147300) is tagged as prohibited.

Now I believe that all FX air rifles come with a shrouded barrel, so then it would seem that all FX air rifles are prohibited in Canada unless they are available with an unshrouded barrel.

The Benji Trail NP I brought a while ago (4-5 years) has a barrel shroud, although it was a sub 500 rifle when I bought it, it has now been upgraded.

The Firearms Tech. could not tell me why the Benji shroud was fine but the FX shroud is prohibited.

Just something to think about...but not too hard or your brain will start to hurt.

~C~

(just noticed that my big fat fingers hit the 'l' and 'e' keys in the wrong order in the title and I cannot seem to figure out a way to correct that...apologies)
 
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Yeah, you aren't going to get a logical answer to this because there isn't one. Barrel shrouds are prohibited because reasons, now shut up like a good little drone and do what we say.

Can't do anything about the CFOs until some party gets off its arse and flushes them to where they belong.
 
I was talking to a fellow that works at a airgun shop in Peterborough and he told me that the FX shrouds have some sort of material inside the shroud that has to be removed for them to be imported into Canada...but I agree the CFOs gotta go!
 
There must be more to it, Airgun Source have several FX shrouded rifles for sale. Of course they must have been altered at the factory to disable the silencing feature but the bullpup version may be a factor why its not allowed or at least why they can't be troubled to import it for sale. I don't know of any bullpup style airguns in Canada other than the QB57 springer and it probably gets by because its non pal.
 
Conceivably an over diameter tube extending from the muzzle acts as a suppressing device. The law is so loosely phrased that anything that may deaden noise can be considered prohibited. There's a grey area regarding whether or not it needs to be attached to the firearm as I understand it, though I can't find the exact rules so can't say for certain. In short, the law is written in such a way that there must be no possible way anything may interfere with the sound of a shot or else they have grounds to rule it prohibited. Having the muzzle sit proud of its sleeve and capping the sleeve or porting the sleeve thoroughly may help.
 
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