M1 Carbine question
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You have the barrel redone, then call the CFO's office and have the rifles configuration changed in their systems and therefore it's classification. The problem now arises due to Bill c-21's amendment G4, that the M1 carbine and all it's variants are slated to be made prohibited. If the amendment, passes and the Senate does not Amend the bill in our favor then it won't matter what classification, either restricted, or non restricted. The M1 carbine will be prohibited by name, and variant status and all makes and models based on it. It may not be worth swapping that barrel out until we see how Bill C-21 plays out in the senate.
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the CFO will ask for a verifier
I was able to get one reclassified as NR years ago without a verifier, I was transferred to a tech who wanted to know who the gunsmith was that did the work and what the length of the barrel was.
and yes if C-21 with the amendment passes then all M1 Carbines will become prohibited
I was able to get one reclassified as NR years ago without a verifier, I was transferred to a tech who wanted to know who the gunsmith was that did the work and what the length of the barrel was.
and yes if C-21 with the amendment passes then all M1 Carbines will become prohibited
If M1 Carbines are prohibited because they or their registered owners are now deemed a potentially dangerous threat, they may languish in the safes of those same potentially dangerous, but obviously trustworthy, law abiding owners for decades to come. Now that's a shining example of contradictory and illogical government policy at its worst.
I bought an M1 Carbine in 1965 and took it home on the bus in a canvas military gun sheath. M1 Carbines weren't restricted until 1978 when the Liberal govt decided they were dangerous because they were the gun of choice for Montreal bank robbers. I believe that the Mtl gangsters have long since moved on to bigger and better things, but the Carbine is still classified as restricted. How many banks didn't get robbed because of this over the past 44 years?
I bought an M1 Carbine in 1965 and took it home on the bus in a canvas military gun sheath. M1 Carbines weren't restricted until 1978 when the Liberal govt decided they were dangerous because they were the gun of choice for Montreal bank robbers. I believe that the Mtl gangsters have long since moved on to bigger and better things, but the Carbine is still classified as restricted. How many banks didn't get robbed because of this over the past 44 years?
But that was Vancouver, and no one in the LPC gives a damn about what happens in Vancouver - they only ever see Vancouver when they want to snort coke and party with their rich friends.
Just for general info..... a Vancouver Police sergeant, Larry Young, was killed by a shooter using an M1 Carbine on Feb 2, 1987 while conducting an ERT entry:
https://m.facebook.com/VancouverPoliceDepartment/posts/10152519761486627/?locale2=es_LA
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https://m.facebook.com/VancouverPoliceDepartment/posts/10152519761486627/?locale2=es_LA
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If M1 Carbines are prohibited because they or their registered owners are now deemed a potentially dangerous threat, they may languish in the safes of those same potentially dangerous, but obviously trustworthy, law abiding owners for decades to come. Now that's a shining example of contradictory and illogical government policy at its worst.
I bought an M1 Carbine in 1965 and took it home on the bus in a canvas military gun sheath. M1 Carbines weren't restricted until 1978 when the Liberal govt decided they were dangerous because they were the gun of choice for Montreal bank robbers. I believe that the Mtl gangsters have long since moved on to bigger and better things, but the Carbine is still classified as restricted. How many banks didn't get robbed because of this over the past 44 years?
I recall an article in a Canadian gun magazine about a carbine that had been seized in Montreal. It was an M-1 that had been converted to auto. Whoever did the conversion had some talent. Mechanically nothing like the M-2.
I have a book on how to convert them. It looks pretty simple if a person can just read directions. Definitely appears extremely time consuming with hand tools though.
On the move to restricted class, can anyone confirm with any sort of actual proof that the 18.5" barrel length cutoff was chosen specifically to capture the M1 as restricted?
I can't provide "definitive proof", however it appears to me that they may have used the M1A1 "Paratrooper" carbine as the example for instituting the barrel length restriction, and also for the 26" overall length restriction. I base my reasoning on the fact that the M1A1 with original 18" barrel and stock folded is 25.51". You guy's can draw your own conclusions...
I have heard it enough that there must be some truth to it. I certainly believe it, for your reasons and others. Was just curious if anything concrete was out there.
