C1A1 Lower Receivers and AR uppers
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Try taking an FN lower and a MAC 11/9 9mm upper and putting them together. There is a company in the US that makes the adapter plate (which becomes the registered portion of the firearm). If I recall correctly, that conversion was fed from 71 round Suomi drums.
I must admit I've had similar thoughts about the feasibility of combining bits and pieces of prohibs with non-prohibs, in order to produce a legally registerable new type that retains at least some of the characteristics of the parent firearms. Sorta reminds me of the South Park episode where the boys try to breed an elephant with a pot-bellied pig.
The ONLY one that keeps coming to mind would be a bolt-action FN/FAL, built around a new upper receiver. There are several specially-built, competition, bolt-action FNs in Canada, so the type should be legal & non-restricted if the receiver could be built and a sample submitted to the RCMP for evaluation. You would need a supply of top-end parts, though, which would be tricky to get until the type was approved. Easiest way to do up a prototype would be to take a FN/FAL prohib, and strip everything off the upper receiver, and repopulate the essential parts onto the new, "bolt-action", upper, then submit for approval (modification of the bolt carrier would be necessary as well).
It would be an interesting project, if I could get access to one of the competition bolt-FNs for some measurements and photos. I know at least one is in a board-member's hands, but I don't recall who.
The ONLY one that keeps coming to mind would be a bolt-action FN/FAL, built around a new upper receiver. There are several specially-built, competition, bolt-action FNs in Canada, so the type should be legal & non-restricted if the receiver could be built and a sample submitted to the RCMP for evaluation. You would need a supply of top-end parts, though, which would be tricky to get until the type was approved. Easiest way to do up a prototype would be to take a FN/FAL prohib, and strip everything off the upper receiver, and repopulate the essential parts onto the new, "bolt-action", upper, then submit for approval (modification of the bolt carrier would be necessary as well).
It would be an interesting project, if I could get access to one of the competition bolt-FNs for some measurements and photos. I know at least one is in a board-member's hands, but I don't recall who.
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Lower FAL not papered??
Ran into a situation few years ago,
fellow wanted a as new fn.fal I had in stock,
but was not grandfathered, talked to CFO .and
then Ottawa and both told me he could have everthing
execpt the lower reciever- I told the they where full of
shi=, and of course, the goverment has never acted on my
suggestions on they should run things, so he ended up with
a new top half and no paper .( BTW ) I made damn sure to
get all this B.S. in writting. You never know what is going on
most of the time.
Ran into a situation few years ago,
fellow wanted a as new fn.fal I had in stock,
but was not grandfathered, talked to CFO .and
then Ottawa and both told me he could have everthing
execpt the lower reciever- I told the they where full of
shi=, and of course, the goverment has never acted on my
suggestions on they should run things, so he ended up with
a new top half and no paper .( BTW ) I made damn sure to
get all this B.S. in writting. You never know what is going on
most of the time.
