Hi All,
I was in searching for the definite answer of question, that, by installing a grip to a 12.5" barrel shotgun (from the factory, of course), replacing the factory stock, which makes it shorter than 26", which class the shotgun would be now?
I have read the article from here https://nfa.ca/2005/02/25/barrel-and-firearms-lengths/, which stated
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OVERALL LENGTH LESS THAN 26″/660mm RULES:
CC s. 84(1) “prohibited firearm” (b): This is another clause of the same law — the one cited immediately above — and it applies in the same way. If the firearm ARRIVES at the “less than 26″/660mm in overall length” condition by “sawing, cutting” etc., then it is forced into the “prohibited firearm” class. If it left the factory at that too-short length, the limit does NOT apply. It is non-restricted, UNLESS it is semi-automatic AND centrefire.
Example: A Remington Model 870 pump-action shotgun that has been fitted with a Scattergun Technologies 12″/305mm barrel and a Pachmayr pistol grip is less than 26″/660mm in overall length, but is NOT “prohibited.” It is a “prohibited firearm” if this was done to a Remington 870 that left the factory with those parts, but it is non-restricted if it was re-manufactured and left the Scattergun Technologies factory with them. It doesn’t HAVE to make sense — it’s GOVERNMENT POLICY.
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The most confusing part is, "It is non-restricted, UNLESS it is semi-automatic AND centrefire", isn't the shotgun shot centrefired?
TIA,
JJC
I was in searching for the definite answer of question, that, by installing a grip to a 12.5" barrel shotgun (from the factory, of course), replacing the factory stock, which makes it shorter than 26", which class the shotgun would be now?
I have read the article from here https://nfa.ca/2005/02/25/barrel-and-firearms-lengths/, which stated
"
OVERALL LENGTH LESS THAN 26″/660mm RULES:
CC s. 84(1) “prohibited firearm” (b): This is another clause of the same law — the one cited immediately above — and it applies in the same way. If the firearm ARRIVES at the “less than 26″/660mm in overall length” condition by “sawing, cutting” etc., then it is forced into the “prohibited firearm” class. If it left the factory at that too-short length, the limit does NOT apply. It is non-restricted, UNLESS it is semi-automatic AND centrefire.
Example: A Remington Model 870 pump-action shotgun that has been fitted with a Scattergun Technologies 12″/305mm barrel and a Pachmayr pistol grip is less than 26″/660mm in overall length, but is NOT “prohibited.” It is a “prohibited firearm” if this was done to a Remington 870 that left the factory with those parts, but it is non-restricted if it was re-manufactured and left the Scattergun Technologies factory with them. It doesn’t HAVE to make sense — it’s GOVERNMENT POLICY.
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The most confusing part is, "It is non-restricted, UNLESS it is semi-automatic AND centrefire", isn't the shotgun shot centrefired?
TIA,
JJC
