Importing an AR10B From The U.S.

[Travis Bickle]

This isn't really a hypothetical.

I have actually located an AR10B which was the modern reproduction Armalite made a few years back of the original old school AR10 battle rifle.

I know it is possible to get firearms imported if the seller has an export licence and the dealer in Canada has an import licence. It's expensive and time consuming but it can be done.

The AR10B was a modern reproduction on a semi auto only receiver. It is not an AR15 or variant of. It is a completely different design which predates the AR15.

My question is:

Did any of these make it into Canada before the laws went uber ###?

And if they did, they are not named on any prohibited or restricted list that I could find by name.

Would that not make them Non Restricted?

 

[enefgee]

Um, nope - all of the "late" AR10's are restricted, even the old school ones. In the same way that the Dragunov is an "AK variant" and the GSG MP5 is a "variant of the MP5", the AR-10B is an AR15 variant.

 

[Travis Bickle]

Um, nope - all of the "late" AR10's are restricted, even the old school ones. In the same way that the Dragunov is an "AK variant" and the GSG MP5 is a "variant of the MP5", the AR-10B is an AR15 variant.

Is it specifically named? The 2000's model reproductions are copies of the original which is not even the same rifle.

The AR10B is not an AR15 variant at all.

Maybe I'm just being overly hopeful lol

Curious grey area for sure.

 

[J996]

As far as I remember an original Stoner AR10 (the one with the charging hook in the carry handle) is not named. Search the MBR forum for a guy called Lazerus. I seem to recall reading that there are one or two non-res of these babies around.

 

[supernova]

From Wikipedia so take it with a grain of salt.

ArmaLite AR-10B rifle series

In 1995, former Army Ordnance officer Mark Westrom, owner of Eagle Arms, purchased the ArmaLite brand and the company became ArmaLite Inc. Shortly thereafter, ArmaLite Inc. introduced a completely new rifle, collectively known as the AR-10B rifle series. Notably, the AR-10B was not designed using the original AR-10 drawings from either ArmaLite or Artillerie Inrichtingen, but instead was based on the Colt AR-15A2, with parts scaled up or redesigned as needed to fire the 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 Winchester) cartridge. The AR-10B prototype was composed of individual sub-components tested on a special lower receiver made of two slabs of aluminum fitted to a Knights Armament Company SR-25 upper receiver assembly, and prototyped using computer analysis. The full prototype AR-10B was the first rifle off the production line.[49] Since 1995, the new ArmaLite company has also incorporated various other design and engineering improvements to the AR-10, including a newly designed steel magazine derived from the model used on the U.S. M14 rifle. The current ArmaLite AR-10 is offered in several versions including a A2 and A4 rifle or carbine with collapsible stock, a target model (AR-10T), a 'retro' AR-10B with Sudanese AR-10-style handguard and cocking lever (limited production) and one version chambered in 300 Remington SAUM. Current users include the Ontario Provincial Police Tactics and Rescue Unit.

While ArmaLite Inc. holds a US trademark on the name "AR-10",[50] other rifle manufactures currently produce 7.62x51mm auto-loading rifles that are based generally on the AR-10 design: the DPMS LR-308, KAC SR-25, Rock River Arms LAR-8, American Spirit Arms ASA .308, Fulton Armory Titan, LWRC's R.E.P.R., LaRue Tactical's OBR, RND Manufacturing's "The Edge", the German Oberland Arms OA-10 and the Lewis Machine and Tool MWS.


If this is true then the AR10B IS an AR-15 variant and restricted.

 

[enefgee]

There's also a guy in the Lower Mainland who has a mis-registered AR10 which he claims is a factory semi - you'd figure the extra selector position would give it away, wouldn't you.

 

[Kevin M.]

There's also a guy in the Lower Mainland who has a mis-registered AR10 which he claims is a factory semi - you'd figure the extra selector position would give it away, wouldn't you.

Not really. It is easy to machine in.

Remember, ATRS had options for 3 position fire control symbols on a semi auto lower on their custom lowers not too long ago. Not sure if they still do it, but that evidence means NOTHING...