Lithgow Arms F90 is Prohibited

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FRN: 190662
Make: Lithgow Arms
Model: F90S 508
Manufacturer: Thales Australia
Type: Rifle
Legal Classification: Prohibited
Action: Semi-Automatic

Legal Comments:
- the Lithgow Arms F90S 508 was readily and easily converted to discharge shots in rapid succession with a single pressure of the trigger in a relatively short time period with relative ease. - this is a prohibited firearm within the meanings of the Criminal Code PART III, Section 84 definitions of automatic firearm and prohibited firearm: "automatic firearm" means a firearm that is capable of, or assembled or designed and manufactured with the capability of, discharging projectiles in rapid succession during one pressure of the trigger; "prohibited firearm" means (c) an automatic firearm, whether or not it has been altered to discharge only one projectile with one pressure of the trigger.
 
doesn't matter now any ways

According to an exclusive article in The Weekend Australian, the Australian manufacturer Lithgow Arms will not be selling the highly anticipated semi-automatic F90 Atrax bullpup rifle chambered in 5.56mm Nato to the American commercial market.

Lithgow Arms is located in Lithgow, Australia and is owned by defense contractor Thales Group in France.

The article published on March 29th states “…today a Thales spokesman said the company had dropped plans to sell any of the rifles to civilian markets on ethical grounds.”
 
srdiver said:
doesn't matter now any ways

According to an exclusive article in The Weekend Australian, the Australian manufacturer Lithgow Arms will not be selling the highly anticipated semi-automatic F90 Atrax bullpup rifle chambered in 5.56mm Nato to the American commercial market.

Lithgow Arms is located in Lithgow, Australia and is owned by defense contractor Thales Group in France.

The article published on March 29th states “…today a Thales spokesman said the company had dropped plans to sell any of the rifles to civilian markets on ethical grounds.”
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LOL......sales only to gov'ts.....yes the track record is purely ethical!!!
 
srdiver said:
doesn't matter now any ways

According to an exclusive article in The Weekend Australian, the Australian manufacturer Lithgow Arms will not be selling the highly anticipated semi-automatic F90 Atrax bullpup rifle chambered in 5.56mm Nato to the American commercial market.

Lithgow Arms is located in Lithgow, Australia and is owned by defense contractor Thales Group in France.

The article published on March 29th states “…today a Thales spokesman said the company had dropped plans to sell any of the rifles to civilian markets on ethical grounds.”
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They really think they can pump smoke up undetected!
 
srdiver said:
doesn't matter now any ways

According to an exclusive article in The Weekend Australian, the Australian manufacturer Lithgow Arms will not be selling the highly anticipated semi-automatic F90 Atrax bullpup rifle chambered in 5.56mm Nato to the American commercial market.

Lithgow Arms is located in Lithgow, Australia and is owned by defense contractor Thales Group in France.

The article published on March 29th states “…today a Thales spokesman said the company had dropped plans to sell any of the rifles to civilian markets on ethical grounds.”
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I think they're in the wrong business to use "ethical grounds" as a reason not to sell to civilians. Conversely, I think it's quite unethical to only sell to a certain group. But hey, virtue signalers gotta virtue signal, y'know.
 
Ebola said:
Yes your right. But I guess it was different enough that they didn't use the named variant excuse but went with the age old claassic easily convertible excuse.
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It's a matter of competing ends. It is far better to advance thr narrative of 'easy covenersion' than variant excuse. Especially when the overlords are eyeing semi autos.
 
Leviathan024 said:
Thales makes junk anyways. Thier "survey equipment" is a waste of $
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A Thales division is the company that made the notorious rail signalling equipment for Edmonton's NAIT LRT route. You know, the signalling system that resulted in the whole LRT line running at 30 km/h for months, because the drivers had to have time to react visually due to the system's habit of putting trains onto paths for head-on collisions.
 
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No one buys that stuff other than the Australian BIG army. AUG is dead, no matter how much plastic to put on it.

The only reason it exists is the same as the Colt Canada, Australia wants its own small arms manufacturer. If we all pay attention, Australia doesn't make anything other exporting raw materials, ie copper and gold. Making rifles and small arms munition is the least it can attempt to do.

At least Colt Canada does make a product based on a platform that is capable of competing in the world market, and Canada does manufacture stuff.
 
BattleRife said:
Also the company that made the notorious rail signalling equipment for Edmonton's NAIT LRT route. You know, the signalling system that resulted in the whole LRT line running at 30 km/h for months, because the drivers had to have time to react visually due to the system's habit of putting trains onto paths for head-on collisions.
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I did not know that!! Ya learn something new every day on CGN :).
 
get woke go broke

if that's the type of company they are we are better off without their product, lots of other companies more than willing to sell to civilians
 
Lithgow Arms has been around since 1912 so....not going broke anytime soon. They in the past sold .22s to the civilian market but that was 40s and 50s. They do enough dealings with other countries including refurbs of MGs etc. They also assist in the production and refurbing of weapons to the ADF not just the EF88 (Mil version of F90). The EF88 has been widely well received by the Australian Army and initial worries that it would be outperformed by M4 platforms has been rubbished. The F90 is widely 'anticipated until it's not sold commercially and then....the hate comes out. The F90 wasn't sold for 'ethical reasons' solely on the widespread use of commercially available semi-auto and autos in the USA hat have been used in mass shootings. The media and population backlash in Australia would be massive and Lithgow Arms don't want that stain on their reputation.
 
Mattyr82 said:
Lithgow Arms has been around since 1912 so....not going broke anytime soon. They in the past sold .22s to the civilian market but that was 40s and 50s. They do enough dealings with other countries including refurbs of MGs etc. They also assist in the production and refurbing of weapons to the ADF not just the EF88 (Mil version of F90). The EF88 has been widely well received by the Australian Army and initial worries that it would be outperformed by M4 platforms has been rubbished. The F90 is widely 'anticipated until it's not sold commercially and then....the hate comes out. The F90 wasn't sold for 'ethical reasons' solely on the widespread use of commercially available semi-auto and autos in the USA hat have been used in mass shootings. The media and population backlash in Australia would be massive and Lithgow Arms don't want that stain on their reputation.
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If you think its a stain on a companies reputation to sell semi automatic rifles to civillians your on the wrong forum.....
 
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