P90 in Canada
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onetwentyish
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- East Central AB (AKA Northern Texas)
The only barrel restrictions in canada are that the barrel must be over 4.25".
But also note that if you are looking for it to be a firearm that you can use off registered shooting ranges, all center fire semi-autos must have an 18.5" or greater barrel length to be reclassified as non restricted. Anything less and it will be a range toy only and you must have your RPAL, and deal with all the registration and ATT bs.
But also note that if you are looking for it to be a firearm that you can use off registered shooting ranges, all center fire semi-autos must have an 18.5" or greater barrel length to be reclassified as non restricted. Anything less and it will be a range toy only and you must have your RPAL, and deal with all the registration and ATT bs.
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Fixed it for you.
Irunguns.ca has one on sale...
http://www.irunguns.ca/store/rifles-for-sale-canada/FNC PS90 Red Dot
I want to buy a ps90 myself (and would snap this up) except I understand the ammunition is hard to come by.
If I were you I would source ammunition and an extra few mags before committing to this...
Ian.
http://www.irunguns.ca/store/rifles-for-sale-canada/FNC PS90 Red Dot
I want to buy a ps90 myself (and would snap this up) except I understand the ammunition is hard to come by.
If I were you I would source ammunition and an extra few mags before committing to this...
Ian.
The other massive gripe is that even if you do find the ammo, the P90's 50-round magazine has to be neutered to 5 due to our SUPERB UBER DUBER GREAT LAWS!
I would buy two so I could dual weild them. Doing this gun in .22 magnum is a genius idea for the canadian market. Its a shame it probaly will never happen.
The rimmed cartridge cases would not work in the magazine of a p90. The rimmed case is why all .22 and .22magnum magazines are "banana style".
They engineered a magazine that rotates the round into alignment with the breach (at 1,000 rpm), I'm thinking that even if it costs a dozen rounds it's doable, and I'd buy. They could sell them in Europe to countries that don't allow military calibers too
This or the MP7.
Cool thing with either one is that you're not giving up much balistically.
Yup, short barreled PS90's are available in Canada, restricted class. Long barrel is also available as non-restricted.
They are outstanding little firearms, funky feed design that is somehow very reliable, looks that would make a person on LSD question his habits, and enough Belgian engineering to tie both together.
Ammo is avalible if you keep an eye open, your best bet is to buy in the 1000 round cases when they are available, as they are the best price by far.
Expect to pay a minimum of $0.50 per cartridge.
Reloading has proven not to be the most cost effective option, as the firearms are blowback, the neck of the case stretches massively every firing, brass life for me is 2-3 reloads, barely worth the time, especially considering you can not tumble due to the specialized lacquer coated cases to make them feed properly in the magazine of the PS90.
They are outstanding little firearms, funky feed design that is somehow very reliable, looks that would make a person on LSD question his habits, and enough Belgian engineering to tie both together.
Ammo is avalible if you keep an eye open, your best bet is to buy in the 1000 round cases when they are available, as they are the best price by far.
Expect to pay a minimum of $0.50 per cartridge.
Reloading has proven not to be the most cost effective option, as the firearms are blowback, the neck of the case stretches massively every firing, brass life for me is 2-3 reloads, barely worth the time, especially considering you can not tumble due to the specialized lacquer coated cases to make them feed properly in the magazine of the PS90.
Be that as it may, (Despite the fact that the 5.7x28 from a carbine length barrel is a good bit more potent than .22WMR) conversions have been tried, and the failing point is the magazines simply are not compatible with rimmed cases. Feed issues have not let any of those designs past the prototype stage, unless you were willing to go to a 10 round ruger rotary magazine, but even that didn't go into production due to a lack of interest.
Rimmed cartridges don't like being stacked in a high capacity magazine... throw in a 90 degree ramp, and you have major issues.
There will never be a .22 conversion of the PS90 unless it is a standard .22 rifle in a shell.
onetwentyish
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- East Central AB (AKA Northern Texas)
Thanks, rimfires skipped my mind, I will edit my post for future reference...
PS90 is a lot offun to shoot. I love the ergomics and handling. I hate the 5 round limit in Canada and ammo cost. Pretty much no recoil.
You can get them rebarreled to 18.5" and without a flash hider it's the same length as the 16" version which still looks good. Also the original barrel is sleeved which I'm not a huge fan of. The barrel I seem to recall is the FN249 material at least. Still I would think accurcy would improve with a solid match barrel.
It's a fun CQB style plinker. I like the design overall. Takedown is cool too.
That being said the CX4 storm is the more practical alternative. I definately shoot the storm a lot more than the PS90.
You can get them rebarreled to 18.5" and without a flash hider it's the same length as the 16" version which still looks good. Also the original barrel is sleeved which I'm not a huge fan of. The barrel I seem to recall is the FN249 material at least. Still I would think accurcy would improve with a solid match barrel.
It's a fun CQB style plinker. I like the design overall. Takedown is cool too.
That being said the CX4 storm is the more practical alternative. I definately shoot the storm a lot more than the PS90.
The PS90 is my favorite little carbine. I like everything but these three things... 1-I had to have it ready-barreled to get it off the nasty restricted list. I would have really liked it to have it with the original P90 length barrel, with the factory brake but I have no use for a restricted rifle. 2-The mags have been neutered to 5 rounds (no explanation needed here). 3-Ammo availability is a little sketchy. I buy up what I can (aka hoarding) and reload the rest of the time. It is more of a process to roll your own, but it's not hat bad.
