Ruger MkIII Carbine???

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So I just received a Ruger MkIII pistol I got on the EE today.
I was looking at it and had a crazy thought/Idea...

Does anyone else think this would work?

If you shave off the operating tabs on the back of the bolt so you could install an AR-15 type butt stock ( for the bolt to travel into...)

Then, either extend the ejection port back or put a slot through the left side of the receiver to install an operating handle.

Put on a 14"-18" barrel (long enough to get it out of the restricted class) I think you would have one hell of a plinker/gopher/zombie toy...

would any one else buy one of these?
Has it already been done?
 
Seems like alot of work...:)
The Browning buckmark rifle is close to what you are describing minus the AR stock,

http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/family.asp?webflag_=004B&catalog_=B
 
The good folks at the registry have informed me that once a firearm is classed as RESTRICTED, it can not be made non-restricted. I wanted to put an 11.5" barrel on my 10/22 with a Butler Creek folding stock. My thought was that it would maintain the 26" minimum overall length with just a quick change back to the original wood stock. No Go as far rule makers go.
 
chrisco said:
The good folks at the registry have informed me that once a firearm is classed as RESTRICTED, it can not be made non-restricted. I wanted to put an 11.5" barrel on my 10/22 with a Butler Creek folding stock. My thought was that it would maintain the 26" minimum overall length with just a quick change back to the original wood stock. No Go as far rule makers go.
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The Beretta CX4 can be made non restricted by putting on a longer barrel....
 
Once a handgun, always restricted.
A Ruger pistol could be converted into a carbine, but would remain restricted.
Yes, M-1 carbines and Beretta CX4s can be reclassified.
Some changes in classification are accepted, others are not.
Do you expect consistant interpretations?
 
CFC usually does not know what they are doing, so I wouldn't be counting on what they say. Change the barrel, verify it and change classification. I had two beretta stoms in non-restricted class.

With handguns though it is not always possible. If your original pistol frame remains untouched than firearm remain being handgun no matter what you do to it. Reason being is that if process is reversible than it is still a handgun. Mechtech CCU's for example do not change class even if they supply longer barrel, simply because transformation back to handgun takes less than a minute with no tools.
 
I did already now about the Browning Buck Mark carbine.
The reason I thought it was a good idea for the Ruger rimfire pistol design is that the bolt is internal. Not an external slide like the Browning...

The mech tech looks like a pretty cool system, but probably on a bad list in canada... :(

What I was thinking is more of someone producing complete carbines, not just modifying pistols. That way they could have their own model number or name, and would be considered a different firearm...

Maybe it would be cost prohibitive as a kit or mod, but maybe worth writing Ruger a letter about...

Just a daydream I thought I would share here...
 
As far as all the "restricted/classification" stuff I will post in the legalese forum, if I can find the parts I will need for such a conversion...

I thought I would try here to see if anyone of the Rimfire nutz had ever seen/heard of such a beast...

Maybe I will try in the gunsmithing forum.
 
You're not alone... I've been toying with the idea of a shoulder stock for the MK2 for a while... But never did anything about it.

Somewhere on file, I've got a picture from a guy on Rimfire Central who did one, looked pretty darn good.

If you have more $$ then brain ;), there's a few air-pistol stock maker that could make something similar for the MK2... but would be on the expensive side.

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I was planning on going the "simplier" route with something like this...
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