No.4 Blank rifle Idea?

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I had another Idea of what I can do with a Bubba No.4. This Idea is converting a receiver to a blank firing rifle. I know that blank guns are not classed as firearms and do not require a license or registration (as far as I know). Now of course I would not use a good or full rifle, but an old sporter that has had the barrel chopped with a rusted bore and the receiver has been drilled. I am sure I would have no issues finding one of those.

My Idea is to remove the barrel and have an aluminum one turned out. I would have it bored in a way that no commonly available ammunition will work in it. I would also have it chambered to accept a modified .303 British CASE only, not a loaded round. The reason for this is that I could turn out special "adapters" that are the general shape of the 303 brit case with a rounded neck (Similar to a blank shape) that will house a 38spl blank. This will allow the standard magazine to be used so it will still be a repeater, and the bolt will not need any modifications, and also so stripper clips can also be used to maintain the effect. Now their will be no way that this will be able to shoot any live ammunition. The bore will be a completely obscure size (most likely smaller then a .22), and the chamber will not be able to take any loaded .303 ammunition, or a commonly available case as they would have modified necks only the special adapters will chamber. Not to mention the aluminum barrel will probably go boom if any live ammo is used.

Now, Other then the price, their is the legal aspect. Are formally live firearms able to be converted to blank firing only status? Would this count as a dewatt? Or is it dewatt or bust?

Please note that this is an IDEA and I am simply asking about the viability of such an idea. I realize this will most likely not happen, I am just keeping my mind busy with possible projects. I am also going to assume that one can not convert a formally live firearm to blank status only as I am not familiar with this area of the firearms law.
 
It IS possible to do the work you envision, but the cost would be astounding.

Just don't give the Gummint any ideas or they'll make us all do it.... at our expense, of course.

Legally, I have no idea. What is WRITTEN in the law is not necessarily what is being ENFORCED in the law.... and it is whatever some paranoid judge decides is the 'unwritten intent' of the law.... that gets enforced.

And no matter how much you are in the right, you simply can NOT afford to fight the Government of Canada if they really decide that they're going to shaft you. Law means nothing, the concept of 'natural justice' was thrown out years ago. We now have courts of 'equity' and it seems nobody can decide on what that means. Tribunals come up with rulings that 'truth is no defence', we now have secret trials in this country in which even the defence attorney is not allowed to see the material on which the charges are based..... it sure ain't the country I was brought up to believe in.
 
only thing I can see that would really put a wrench in that idea is the reaciver you need to Register reacivers unless there was a way of having it permently altered to accept blanks only or the barral was permently attached so you couldnt remove it and screw a new .303 barral on it....if you ask me way to much hassal and red tape to go through to make it feasible.
 
You COULD build a dedicated blank-firing rifle out of a real rifle. Counterbore the muzzle for half an inch and thread in a bushing with a quarter-inch hole through it, tack-weld it in place, then tack-weld the barrel to the body (receiver) under the wood, where it wouldn't show.

You now have a dedicated blank-firing non-firearm which cannot be used with live rounds.

I have no idea how this would work legally but, likely, they would find a way to shaft you.

If you wanted to make a number, you could cast a few bodies (receivers) out of aluminum and paint 'em black, build up the rest with spares, make up a non-rifled barrel with a restricted muzzle and a .303 chamber. Blanks can be made up from fired .303 cases, although you will have trouble finding the correct 'blank fire' powder (MUCH faster than Bullseye). Blanks made like this generally feed well through a Lee action.

Again, the cost would be staggering.

Mebbe get the Japanese or the Chinese to make up half a million.....
 
if the reciever is perminently attached to a blank firering barrel that will not chamber live ammo it is by law a non gun . now if the crimelab or local RCMP decide to make an example out of you . expect a $30,000 lawyer bill.
 
And the Magna Charta says that the King's justice will be dispensed without favour.

Oh well, I heard a judge in Winnipeg announce (in open court) that the Maga Charta was nothing special, it was 'a statute like any other statute' and that HE had the power to change it any tme he wanted to. (Funny, but this was a month after the SAME judge had used the inviolability of Magna Charta to justify his own taking an extra day off ever week.... with full pay!)

If a Judge has not even read the Magna Charta (it is a Royal Gift and cannot be rescinded or modified), what can we really expect from our courts? You just said it, my friend: a $30,000 lawyer's bill. And no guarantee at all that the Law will even be a factor in the final decision.
 
I am familiar with the deactivation guide that is used to deactivate live firearms and remove them from the registry. I have never seen any guidelines or rules that mention blank fire firearms converted from live firearms. I know that people with a movie prop license can possess blank fire firearms but I've never heard of anyone without a movie prop license owning one. Where can I find the regulations that cover this topic? Considering that in order for a firearm to be considered deactivated it can no longer chamber a cartridge and the bolt can not support a cartridge I would be very surprised if a functioning blank fire rifle wouldn't have to be registered and handled the same as a live rifle.
 
I guess what I'm saying is that I think it's unlikely that you would be able to take a registered live firearm and turn it into a blank firer and have it removed from the registry. But I really don't have any experience with blank fire firearms so this is just my best guess. However, if it is in fact possible I would love to learn more about it.
 
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