Converting an air rifle from 495 fps

[Papaclaude]

I was looking at some air rifles at TSC. They only sell the 495 fps versions. Is it possible to (legally) convert them to the high velocity models, even if it means registering? If so, how does one go about it?

 

[lyman54]

I think it's better to just buy one. Save the 495fps for backyard plinking.

 

[sillymike]

You need to increase compression to increase speed... probably easier (and cheaper) to buy one that was built that way...

 

[mbogo3]

Not hard at all depending what are you looking at.Replace cut/weak spring,polish + properly lube internals.Piston may need replaced in cheap Chinese junk.Go German or UK for quality............Harold Diana/RWS 34 mainspring is a drop in fix for Ruger Airhawk

 

[dHb]

Once it is over 500 fps call the Canadian Firearms Centre at 1-800-731-4000 to register the firearm.

 

[Papaclaude]

Once it is over 500 fps call the Canadian Firearms Centre at 1-800-731-4000 to register the firearm.

Given that there's an amnesty on, if I do go that route, I may just save them the trouble of doing all that paperwork just to have the government kill the LGR anyways.

 

[7mmlefty]

There are plenty of pellet guns out there that are over the 500 fps limit that arent registered as firearms.
Its a stupid law...

 

[Splatter]

Given that there's an amnesty on, if I do go that route, I may just save them the trouble of doing all that paperwork just to have the government kill the LGR anyways.

Nah...
Seriously, I never thought of it before; but maybe I'll give my air rifles a good cleaning and register them because they might now be firearms. Gotta have one last kick at the can!
Non-restricted firearms or non-guns, there's really no difference to me.

 

[hollowjacket]

It can be over 495 and still be under the legal limit. It must be over 495 and be over the fpe also, it must be a combination of the two.
Yes, it is illegal to alter firearms to bring them over the intended limit and power.
not a good topic to have here.

 

[Splatter]

...Yes, it is illegal to alter firearms to bring them over the intended limit and power.

Nonsense. Your assertion is absurd. If it's completely legal for an individual to manufacture a firearm (and it is), how can it be illegal to take a non-gun and make it a firearm, as long as all the appropriate legal provisions are followed, of course.

 

[trevj]

It can be over 495 and still be under the legal limit. It must be over 495 and be over the fpe also, it must be a combination of the two.
Yes, it is illegal to alter firearms to bring them over the intended limit and power.
not a good topic to have here.

Strictly speaking, true, but to try to walk the very fine line that you would need to, in order to remain under the energy limit, while still over the velocity limit, is pretty impractical. 4.2 joules, IIRC.

If you sit and play with a weight/velocity/energy calculator for a while and try running the numbers, it's educational.

And who wants to spend money tuning up an air rifle to get 10 or 30 more feet per second anyway, when you can go in for the full meal deal, and tune the same airgun to reach what it should be capable of with real pellets, instead of those plastic or zinc POS ones the law was rewritten to accommodate.


Cheers
Trev