Cut down Beretta CX4?

dangertree said:
To add, the above 'interpretation' that I posted is just that, an interpretation. The only one who can say that for sure is a judge, and I also understand this has never been decided in a court of law.

It's obvious that the spirit of this definition of a prohibited firearm is related to "sawed off shotguns" and not the shortening of barrels already restricted length.

But if the CFC legal dept says that they would see the shortening of an <18" restricted barreled firearm to even an more <18" restricted firearm as creating a prohibited firearm. I can't afford to be charged, fight it in court, to see what a judge says, particularly if I'm wrong!

Any lawyers want to comment with their thoughts on the matter?
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I remember posting about this a while ago and I got chewed out pretty good when I gave the same interpretation as you did. I got varying answers from the CFC, when I finally got ahold of the techs they told me that as an individual if you cut a rifle barrel no matter what size it starts out as, if it ends up <18" its prohib. Anyone who knows about our law system obviously knows that its really up to judges to do the interpreting and like dangertree says, someone needs to get charged. Of course there seems to be no enforcement on this law (not necessarily a bad thing ;)) by the RCMP so the chances of this issue going to court are slim (for now anyways).
 
As B-WingPilot pointed out... the chances of being charged for shooting your "Restricted Rifle at the shooting range with a shorter barrel" are pretty slim. (Non-Restricted would be a different story)

Now if you did a robbery with said rifle, that'd be when they break out the rule book to see if they can't add a "Prohibited Firearm" charge.

I'd like to add another wrench; what if a Gunsmith shortened it? What if you needed the barrel "Re-Crowned" and they had to remove a mm? Would that make it prohibited?? ;)



Either way, shorter CX4 Storm looks bad ass... it's only 16.6" to adhere to US law.
I think a CX4 Storm in .357SIG (reloads of course) would be super bad ass!
Our Gun Laws (i.e. (Retricted)) are awful.
 
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This is just stupid, on a couple of my registration certificates all it says for barrel length is "less than 470mm" and on another one it says "greater than 470mm" . Both of these are non-restricted so WTF does that mean?

You can buy any AR15 barrel that is longer than 4 1/4" and it will not change the status of that rifle, it will still be restricted no matter if it is 4 1/4" or 40" .

quote"* a rifle or shotgun that has been altered to make the barrel length less than 457 mm (18 inches) where the overall firearm length is 660 mm (26 inches) or more quote"

This statement only applies to a non-restricted firearm. How could it even apply to the CX4 Storm as neither of those measurements would even come into play.

Can these laws be any gheyer and make less sense??
 
OZZ said:
quote"* a rifle or shotgun that has been altered to make the barrel length less than 457 mm (18 inches) where the overall firearm length is 660 mm (26 inches) or more quote"

This statement only applies to a non-restricted firearm. How could it even apply to the CX4 Storm as neither of those measurements would even come into play.
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That statement does not only apply to non-restricted fireams it applies rifle and shotguns which may be non-restricted, restricted, or even prohibited! (make a prohib out of a prohib :confused::rolleyes:). Most people see rifle/shotgun and they read non-restricted though, thats where the big confusion lies.

OZZ said:
Can these laws be any gheyer and make less sense??
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I don't think thats possible ;)
 
LOL!!... On a side note. I just realized the CX4 storm pic I posted (on Page3) is the AirGun version LOL!!

OucH!
I'll keep it up for humor.

I can't believe no one nailed me for it ;)
 
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