M16 receivers in Canada

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Has anyone seen any official M16 stripped lower receivers in Canada? I know there's a coupld real deal 12-X status M16s around. But I was wondering if there were any non 12-X receivers about. I'm assuming that if you were to get ahold of a stripped lower receiver and put a semi-only parts kit in it, that the rifle would be classified as restricted.
 
According to the CFC list, the M16 is lumped into the Restricted category. I'm under the impression that the only reason it ends up 12-X is because of the automatic factor.

That's why I was wondering if there are any stripped lowers around. Technically I would think they should be restricted only.
 
I know there are definitely some older colts with the sear hole and if I'm not mistaken have the auto room vacant in the rear but are classified as restricted.

The laws make no sense.
 
M16 lowers are classed into 2 separate classifications 12.2 Full Auto and 12.3 Converted Auto it is the lower receiver that is deemed prohibited or restricted based its category.
 
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gadget as a brand new restricted 9mm SMG with the hole in the EE right now. Some guys have diemaco c7 and c8 upper brand new restricted only.

if it was never assemble as a FA its not a converted auto
 
esquif said:
gadget as a brand new restricted 9mm SMG with the hole in the EE right now. Some guys have diemaco c7 and c8 upper brand new restricted only.

if it was never assemble as a FA its not a converted auto
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clarifaction if it was never manufactured or marketed as a F/A you should be GTG.All though the M16 ,A1,A2 and A3 was manufactured and marketed as a Full Automatic Rifle it will fall into the 12.2/12.3 classifaction. Once a full auto always a full auto:rolleyes: and yes our firearms laws suck bigtime
 
NO your not getting it. it was never ASEMBLED as a FA machine gun so at no point was it EVER a machine gun So it cannot be Converted auto. If the manufacturer certified it was never FA then its a restricted semi even if its stamped M16A3 and it got the auto markings and sear hole.

once a machine gun always a machine gun is a US ONLY policy.

look at the VZ58 its a legal restricted here even if it got the auto sera hole but if you try to get a Form 6 for it ATF will refuse because they say its a machinegun.

Now from a practical stand point it dosent change a thing because US manifacturer will never sell you one before it becomes a machinegun because its all ready one for them and the few diemaco impossible to know where they came from (probably danemark)
 
basicly unless you pay the 4k gadget wants for his ITS NOT GONA HAPPEN , thoses are VERY rare very very rare, its the first one i see for sell in my life time and all the 3 or 4 i have seen in my life was always in possession of very well connected collectors that fronted MAJOR $$$ for what has ZERO advantage what so ever IMHO
 
There were some M16s, marked M16A2 that made it "into the system" as restricted only, not C/A.

Also the Criminal Code defines the M16 and variants, including AR15s etc as restricted. So there is an argument to be made that the definitive description of the named M16 should include ALL M16s as restricted only, including the C/A M16s. The definitive overrides the general (or however it is described in legal terms).
 
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There were some M16s, marked M16A2 that made it "into the system" as restricted only, not C/A.

Also the Criminal Code defines the M16 and variants, including AR15s etc as restricted. So there is an argument to be made that the definitive description of the named M16 should include ALL M16s as restricted only, including the C/A M16s. The definitive overrides the general (or however it is described in legal terms).
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What if you were to find a cleanly done deactivated M16, strip off all the junk and register it? Would that work? I assume that if the receiver wasn't damaged during the deactivation, and that the deactivation was done before the firearm was registered, then there would be no record of it existing in the CFC database and you could turn the receiver into a fully functional lower. Or would this receiver still be a converted auto? Have I overlooked some part of the deactivation process for M16s that would make the process irrelevant anyway?
 
excuse my ignorance on this, but isn't the early SP-1 lower an M-16 lower without the sear hole, or is there more to it than that??? ( I'm no expert on AR's)
 
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