Semi-auto L85a1
- Thread starter b-wingpilot
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Keeping in mind of course that bullpup stocks are prohibited in Canada?
The airsoft body becomes a bullpup stock = prohibited.
Canadian manfacturers DO NOT have to do this. If you want to IMPORT a firearm it has to go through that process, but ones built in Canada do not.
Now, not going through that process runs the risk of the RCMP classifying it as prohib, which would obviously cause a massive headache for any manufacturer that had already started selling their product as well as their customers, which is why most manufacturers won't sell a design before getting an FRT from the lab, but technically it is not a requirement. IIRC Wolverine started selling the WK180 before it ever had an FRT.
Still not convinced that an L85 airsoft is a bull pup stock. An L85 chassis on a 10/22 action would not reduce the overall length of the firearm. In fact any bullpup stock that does not reduce the overall length would seem to be perfectly legal
Any rifle, shotgun or carbine stock of the type known as the “bull-pup” design, being a stock that, when combined with a firearm, reduces the overall length of the firearm such that a substantial part of the reloading action or the magazine-well is located behind the trigger of the firearm when it is held in the normal firing position.
Any rifle, shotgun or carbine stock of the type known as the “bull-pup” design, being a stock that, when combined with a firearm, reduces the overall length of the firearm such that a substantial part of the reloading action or the magazine-well is located behind the trigger of the firearm when it is held in the normal firing position.
The reciever is the firearm. Anything bolted to it that moves the trigger forward of the action is a bullpup stock. There is no room for debate or interpretation.
From your own post:
"... a substantial part of the reloading action or the magazine-well is located behind the trigger of the firearm when it is held in the normal firing position."
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Does it? I think it depends entirely on the construction.
"Any rifle, shotgun or carbine stock of the type known as the “bull-pup” design, being a stock that, when combined with a firearm, reduces the overall length of the firearm"
An airsoft body being converted into a real firearm is not the same as taking an entire 10/22 action (The serialized part, the 'legal' firearm) and dropping it into a bullpup conversion kit. In this case, the stock is not being "combined with the firearm," the stock IS the firearm, like any other legal bullpup.
You are proposing an entirely different situation from the one I was commenting on.
Making an entirely new firearm is fine, as has been shown by the OP. Dropping an existing firearm into something that makes it bullpup is no go.
If you look at available bullpup firearms, the ergonomic aspects are incorporated with the receiver and mechanical components. There is no separate barreled action or separate stock. Because there is no stock, the bullpup stock prohibition does not apply.
Sorry I thought you were referring to OP's project
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- WMU248 near Edmonton
I saw a few of the real ones back in the 80's. Little gun shop in the middle of nowhere got a bunch, Kenogami Gun Shop. When the British Army was still outfitting and not having enough. Was even remarked in British parliament, they were not amused. Always loved going there, never knew what you might find. 50's on AA mounts, mg42 with a tripod... Havent been there in a long time and live considerably further away.
