Chiappa Mare's Leg

Sargeant Slaughter said:
Can you carry it for bear defence or would they charge you with hunting ? You can carry a handgun for defence in Ontario but not allowed to hunt with one ( or legally target practice in the wilderness ) . ( wilderness carry permit req'd )
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Bear defence is not hunting. So, yes as long as you can discharge its good to go.
x0ra said:
Oh, ok, I re-read the synopsis and a firearm with a barrel less than 305mm is considered a handgun...
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Yup, that's it. Cheers.
 
Sargeant Slaughter said:
Only if it has only a pistol grip on it . Full stock is NR if it has OAL of 26 inches or more .
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Aries- said:
Also needs to be loaded and fired one handed. The mares leg needs both hands to cycle the action.
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You guys are talking about the definition in the firearms act. We're talking about the British Columbia hunting regulations. Two very different things.
 
Sargeant Slaughter said:
Only if it has only a pistol grip on it . Full stock is NR if it has OAL of 26 inches or more .
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I doubt it, as the synopsis is written as follow:

Handgun – is a firearm that is designed, altered or intended to be aimed and fired by the action of one hand or that has a barrel less than 305 mm (12 in.) in length.
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The barrel length has its own "or" section. Naturally, this differ from the definition made of a "handgun" in the CCoC/FA.
 
I have a takedown 92 with 24" barrel lined up off EE. I get it at the end of the month!
I will use the receiver and but stock to make a wicked switch barrel !
 
Can-down said:
The Rossi and Henry's aren't that much bigger, carry more ammo and don't have any hunting restriction.
While I like compact guns I'd rather carry something I can hunt with in the bush.
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I'm happy with the 12" barrel the best thing about the Chiappa 92 takedowns is the barrels interchanged with no modification at all (switch barrel rifle) I can't watt to see how the different callers affect the timing
I probably would try it out the 9" version on a full stock just for fun
 
Sargeant Slaughter said:
Hanguns are required to have a barrel length of 16" or less AND a pistol grip legally "by combining a barrel from a licensed firearms manufacture that is less than 406mm (16.0") in length and a receiver/frame fitted with a pistol grip only, this firearm may be deemed a "handgun" and therefore "RESTRICTED" under the definition of "restricted firearm" in Part III/Firearms and Other Weapons of Section 84 (1) (a) of the Criminal Code of Canada.
- "handgun" means a firearm that is designed, altered or intended to be aimed and fired by the action of one hand, whether or not it has been redesigned or subsequently altered to be aimed and fired by the action of both hands. " A quote from the RCMP to me . Provincial Hunting Regulations are entirely a separate subject and defining a "handgun" doesn't fall under their jurisdiction .
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AFAIK, Province are free to tell you what you can hunt with or not, as such, if what you are prohibited to hunt with include, I quote "a firearm that is designed, altered or intended to be aimed and fired by the action of one hand or that has a barrel less than 305 mm (12 in.) in length." that they decided to call a handgun, no matter what the RCMP decide to define as a handgun. The definition used by the criminal code has nothing to do in this matter. To some extend, the Criminal Code is not a ubiquitous source for defining things, which you seem to be unable to understand.

ps: ...and please, don't patronize me.
 
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