legal definition of barrel length

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So say some day I go crazy and want to chop my Swiss Arms 20" barrel to 18,5 (I'll never do that) where do I start measuring barrel length from? Does chamber section of a barrel includes in legal term of barrel length? Or say some one makes a custom barrel with muzzle brake milled out right on the barrel, is it included in "barrel length"? Or barrel length is where rifling starts and ends? Can some one put some light on this? :redface:
 
With the bolt fully closed, put a dowel or cleaning rod down the barrel. Mark the rod where the barrel ends, (bit of tape works good) then measure the amount of rod that was inserted into the barrel.

That is your barrel length according to the people who make our laws. Only exception to this is revolvers ( I believe )
 
Eric_911 said:
With the bolt fully closed, put a dowel or cleaning rod down the barrel. Mark the rod where the barrel ends, (bit of tape works good) then measure the amount of rod that was inserted into the barrel.

That is your barrel length according to the people who make our laws. Only exception to this is revolvers ( I believe )
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One caveat. The wording may be slightly different than the interpretation. The law mentions measuring to the end of the rifled section. The interpretation has been all over the map.

In the case of barrels with comps machined into the solid barrel, it seems the entire length of the barrel is considered. The S&W 500 revolvers with the removable comp were briefly held to have been incorrectly classed, and for a period were going to be reclassed as prohib. I believe that issue was resolved.

The method Canada uses to measure revolvers is asinine, excluding the cylinder and including only the area from the forcing cone to the rifled end of the muzzle.
 
Canuck223 said:
One caveat. The wording may be slightly different than the interpretation. The law mentions measuring to the end of the rifled section. The interpretation has been all over the map.

In the case of barrels with comps machined into the solid barrel, it seems the entire length of the barrel is considered. The S&W 500 revolvers with the removable comp were briefly held to have been incorrectly classed, and for a period were going to be reclassed as prohib. I believe that issue was resolved.

The method Canada uses to measure revolvers is asinine, excluding the cylinder and including only the area from the forcing cone to the rifled end of the muzzle.
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I agree. If I shoot .38s out of my 4" S&W shouldn't that extra 1/8th of chamber be considered extra barrel? Thereby making all 4" .357s restricted as long as you shoot .38s. Might sound inane but then look at how f@#ked most of the gun laws are in this country!!
 
It might also be wise when cutting the barrel to err on the plus side a little. Then you still have a little leeway in the event an RCMP tech decides to play cute with their 'interpretation' of where they start measuring from lol.
 
When I took a custom rifle to the office to be recorded THEY measured to the closed bolt face from the crown.

I asked the exact question about rifled length , blah blah blah, this is the way it is done.

Carried a cased rifle into a federal building , ask me how that felt. :eek:
 
As mentioned, from bolt face to the end of the rifling. However, if the barrel has an extension that is part of the barrel (no welded on or pinned on) they will measure to the end of that. The AR180B is an example.
 
Personally, when I win the Super 7 I'm going to make a custom revolver. The cylinder will measure 106mm long from the breech, but there will be no seperate barrel screwed into the frame.

Suck it.........
 
Thanks for all the replies guys! It did clear thing up a lot. The revolver issue always confused me too, as barrels weren't long enough as they were on the paper :confused:
 
handofzeus said:
I agree. If I shoot .38s out of my 4" S&W shouldn't that extra 1/8th of chamber be considered extra barrel? Thereby making all 4" .357s restricted as long as you shoot .38s. Might sound inane but then look at how f@#ked most of the gun laws are in this country!!
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In most parts of the world, that barrel would be measured from the tip of the barrel to the recoil plate where the firing pin hole is located. If the method of measurement was applied universally, most centerfire revolvers with more than 2.75 inches of barrel would measure above 105+mm.
 
Canuck223 said:
If the method of measurement was applied universally, most centerfire revolvers with more than 2.75 inches of barrel would measure above 105+mm.
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What a terrifying country we would live in.... :rolleyes:

Its just defies logic that the chamber is considered part of the barrel lenght in any firearm in Canada except revolvers.

Just stupid.
 
Armedsask said:
As mentioned, from bolt face to the end of the rifling. However, if the barrel has an extension that is part of the barrel (no welded on or pinned on) they will measure to the end of that. The AR180B is an example.
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This is exactly the case. When I had my Non-restricted Swiss Arms Carbine barrel made, the flash hider was machined as part of the barrel and it counted toward the length.
 
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