Can I buy a shorter xcr 5.56 barrel?

If you put a short barrel on it, it need to be reclassified as restricted and removes your ability to use it places other than the range.
 
To this point in time, the shorter barrels used on the 'pistol' versions of the XCR haven't been available separately.
I have gone the expensive route and have had short barrels made up in 7.62X39 and 6.5Grendel.
Each one required a new, short barrel + 'donor' receiver extension and gasblock from a longer XCR barrel.
A longer barrel is mounted for transportation and storage........
 
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$2000 for this
 
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The question of restricted barrels for a non-restricted platform however is a more serious one.

That is something we're going to have to get a ruling on sooner or later as XCRs ACRs and other modern firearms become available in larger numbers
 
rethius said:
I would like to buy a shorter barrel to use when in the range... Are shorter (16 inch) barrels available?

Cheers,
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foxbat said:
To this point in time, the shorter barrels used on the 'pistol' versions of the XCR haven't been available separately.
I have gone the expensive route and have had short barrels made up in 7.62X39 and 6.5Grendel.
Each one required a new, short barrel + 'donor' receiver extension and gasblock from a longer XCR barrel.
A longer barrel is mounted for transportation and storage........
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If you do not call it in and get it reclassified, you will be charged with unauthorized possession of a restricted firearm if you're caught with a shorter barrel mounted. Remember, it becomes a Restricted firearm the second you put a shorter barrel on it, and if you do not have a registration certificate, you are not authorized to possess it at the range or anywhere else. You can't take it to the range with an 18.5" bbl on it, swap the barrel out while at the range, then swap it back when you're done. You may not get caught, but if you do, you risk loosing all your guns and likely facing jail time. Stupid, I know, but it's how the law works.
 
TV-PressPass said:
The question of restricted barrels for a non-restricted platform however is a more serious one.

That is something we're going to have to get a ruling on sooner or later as XCRs ACRs and other modern firearms become available in larger numbers
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What does "restricted barrels on a non-restricted platform" mean?

There is no such thing as a non-restricted platform, just firearms that meet the definition of a non-restricted firearm. If you have a restricted length barrel on it, it is restricted. If you swap the barrel out so that the classification changes, you must report the changes to the Registrar.
 
Yeah, what AR180shooter said, where do you guys get this stuff from…

Once you put a barrel on it that is shorter than 18.5” you have a restricted firearm, period.

What is a non-restricted platform exactly? There are named restricteds and named prohibiteds, everything else falls into their classifications based on OAL, barrel length etc…
 
How many people have seen the muzzle blast or heard the blast from a 14" barrell? Blinding and deafening. It is a flaming dragon! I get the desire for a pdw but I would suggest perhaps a different firearm (though you can remove the tube/stock with the XCR unlike an AR).
Keep that thing unrestricted and plink away.
 
I know what you mean AR180. Frankly I was surprised to see that posted by foxbat when there's "Super Uber Team Gun Nutz" under the name.

But what about when the rifle is registered as restricted and we install a NR barrel? There's no registration for NR to change any-more. Once the long barrels on can it be treated as NR? Technically its still in the database as restricted.

Also if you call the CFC and ask the exact question about installing a shorter barrel they will still tell you that there's 30 days lenience to report permanent changes. Yet most knowledgeable people I talk to say that's not true at all.

The point I'm trying to make is that we don't fully know, and they don't fully know.

When the change of status takes weeks in paper-work-world and seconds in the real world, it makes things a mess.
 
It's hard to imagine more of a :bigHug::bigHug::bigHug::bigHug: up then the restricted by barrel length class, if a restricted ACR has a 18.5 barrel on it can it really be considered to meet the legal requirement of restricted.

It would be an interesting legal case. Caught transporting a restricted like a non-restricted while in a configuration that makes it legally non-restricted.
 
TV-PressPass said:
I know what you mean AR180. Frankly I was surprised to see that posted by foxbat when there's "Super Uber Team Gun Nutz" under the name.

But what about when the rifle is registered as restricted and we install a NR barrel? There's no registration for NR to change any-more. Once the long barrels on can it be treated as NR? Technically its still in the database as restricted.

Also if you call the CFC and ask the exact question about installing a shorter barrel they will still tell you that there's 30 days lenience to report permanent changes. Yet most knowledgeable people I talk to say that's not true at all.

The point I'm trying to make is that we don't fully know, and they don't fully know.

When the change of status takes weeks in paper-work-world and seconds in the real world, it makes things a mess.
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I was just looking over how the laws are currently written, considering things have changed and there was a 30 day grace period… If you have a restricted or prohibited firearm you are required to have a registration certificate, period. As a condition of said registration certificate you have a 30 day grace period to update said certificate if anything has changed. So, I must conclude if you have a restricted firearm, based on barrel length in this case, and do not have a registration certificate you are in contravention of section 91 of the criminal code. Section 91 does not allow for any sort of grace period. You can find the grace period under section 4 of the Firearms Registration Certificates Regulations.

As for a restricted becoming non-restricted, I believe you have a 30 day grace period to update the registration certificate into oblivion, but the firearm is technically non-restricted at the time and would thus follow all non-restricted laws.

As for foxbat, sham on you, just because you don’t have a reg cert that says restricted it does not mean the firearm is non-restricted. Thus, you must be authorized, typically by ATT, to posses the firearm at the range.

In conclusion the firearm is classified by the definitions provided in the Criminal Code based on its current configuration, not what it used to be nor what the reg cert may say. You must follow the laws based on its current configuration and classification. If I am mistaken, someone please correct me.

I know, a little of topic, but I hope this clears somethings up here…
 
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