HOW COME THE UBERTI 1873 Revolving rifle is NON-RESTRICTED but the TAURUS one isnt??

[sgt.rock]

Just noticed an Uberti 1873 Revolver rifle on the EE and saw it carried a NON-RESTRICTED status. Yet, Taurus made a similar rifle that is deemed "a handgun variant" and was given a restricted status. WHY the difference?? Seems like a bad case of splitting hairs. Either one looks to be "convertible" into a handgun with just a hacksaw..................................... Is it just me?

 

[aiwa]

It's not just you.

In an ideal world, all decisions would be subject to logic. We do not live in that world.

 

[Rain112]

The reason, says the rcmp, is that the frame on the Taurus is original pistol, with a longer barrel. The frame is restricted. The uberti modified the frame for a proper rifle stock, and you can't just throw a normal pistol grip on it.

 

[sgt.rock]

Well damn, like anyone with a lick of knowledge in woodworking couldn't make a bubba pistol grip for the Uberti................ no one said it had to look pretty

 

[ZREXER]

The non technical answer is that you are trying to see the sense in firearm classification in Canada when the reality is that there is none. Why are all AR-15 variants restricted when many other black rifles sold in Canada are not?
My Kel-Tec Sub 2000 which folds down to something you could put in a lap top case is non restricted with its 18.5" barrel where my Beretta CX-4 with it's 16.5" barrel, but no folding capability is restricted. I know it is all about the barrel length, but the Kel-Tec is easily concealed.

 

[enefgee]

The grip frame on the Taurus is the same as a pistol, the grip frame on the Uberti is a rifle grip frame, that said, the Uberti grip frame is probably replaceable