Non restricted barrel length legal build question

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I am building a non restricted AR 10 with a Stag reciever set. Available barrels are 18 and 20 inches. Would I be making legal length after I install a muzzle break or does the legal length only cover the actual barrel? Just want to know if im shooting myself in the footnordering the 18" barrel?

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Correct me if I am misunderstanding something. 18.5 inch barrel makes it NR? Or am I missing something.
 
Another couple factors to consider is that barrels coming out of the US are either often measured by a different standard than what we require or are rounded up or down in length.

Our regulations dictate that the measurement be taken from the face of a closed bolt to furthest forward part of the barrel excluding any add-ons. This means you can theoretically still get the 16.5 in Barrel look by having an integrated flash hider or brake cut right into the barrel. Naturally this has its own downside as you pay through the nose for it and it is unchangeable.

Many US manufacturers barrels that are advertised as 18" do infact meet our 18.501 requirement when measured by our standards.
 
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1ABNDT said:
Correct me if I am misunderstanding something. 18.5 inch barrel makes it NR? Or am I missing something.
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CC s. 84(1) “restricted firearm” (b): If a firearm has a barrel length less than 18.5″/470mm AND is centrefire AND is semi-automatic, that combination forces the firearm into the “restricted firearm” class
 
1ABNDT said:
Not to be a ####, but why are these two rifles restricted

https://www.wilsoncombat.com/tactical-hunter/

https://pof-usa.com/firearms/p308-spr/

Thanks for your help.
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This is an issue that has nothing to do with barrel length and everything to do with how the RCMP classify firearms. The RCMP have for a long time considered most modern AR-10s upscaled AR-15s due to the heavy influence of the AR15 on the KAC SR25 (AR10+AR15=SR25?) therefore restricted as a variant however the original AR-10 is in fact non-restricted as it is not named in the legislation specifically and also very importantly predates the AR-15 design so therefore cannot be a variant of.

North Eastern Arms (now BCL) was the first manufacturer to test the waters against the RCMP and see if they could get a non-restricted classification for their moden manufactured AR-10 known as the 102 which the name in itself pays homage to the original AR 10-2 which is non-restricted. Now Stag has done the same thing with the Stag 10 and there's also now a pre-order for a Troy 102 as well not to mention rumors of a non-restricted AR-10 from a manufacturer called radical firearms.

Rule of thumb is with AR10's is that 99% that you will encounter manufacturer wise will be restricted irregardless of barrel length as they have not had someone take the time to make a case for their freedom
 
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