Should it be done??

[shredder]

Ok, I was having a couple wobbly pops on Thursday night and came up with this idea:

The objective is to legally have a 10 round magazine in a semi-automatic SKS using the current laws and RCMP rulings.

Here's how;

We all know that the SKS is a gas piston driven semi-auto rifle, which is restricted to 5 rnd magazine capacity under our current law. Manually-operated rifles do not have a magazine capacity limit.

To make a straight-pull SKS, one piston must be removed and the tube altered so that a piston can't be refitted back into the rifle. If one was to take a SKS, chop off about 1' of the piston, and weld the piston back into the tube, the SKS would then become a manually-operated straight-pull bolt action rifle - which does not have any magazine capacity limits under our current laws. This would be a permanent modification, and so I don't think we'd have any trouble under our current law.

A manufacturer would then be able to LEGALLY make 10 round SKS magazines for that specific firearm, provided they are marked on the magazine for that rifle, and then they could be sold to people who have regular SKS rifles, and legally used.

Just as the AIA 10 round magazines are legal, because they are designed for a manually-operated firearm, when used in a M-305, I think these magazines would be legal for use in a SKS.

Your thoughts?

Mods, if this falls under the rules against making illegal devices, please remove it.

 

[mlehtovaara]

U would need to manufacture a whole new gun, not just modify an sks.

Despite the modifications the RCMP would not issue a new FRT for that welded gas piston sks.

Sorrry.

 

[shredder]

U would need to manufacture a whole new gun, not just modify an sks.

Despite the modifications the RCMP would not issue a new FRT for that welded gas piston sks.

Sorrry.

Even if done prior to entering the country (cost prohibitive most likely)?

 

[mlehtovaara]

Still just a modified SKS, not a new firearm.

 

[Curtton]

if a semi could be reclass as a pull-thru then you would see alot of FN/FAL and AK converting .

 

[cadgo]

why not a ####in pistol god damn it. Ive been saying that for like 2 years... get them to hack the stock and barrel off while they are still in china and mark them as pistols with appropriately marked mags

 

[hunterinthewoods]

Why not just mod it to accept the XCR 10 round pistol mags like everyone else??
It has been done on many different forums, including this one
This seems way over the top.......

 

[TRaTSeRiF]

Why not just mod it to accept the XCR 10 round pistol mags like everyone else??
It has been done on many different forums, including this one
This seems way over the top.......

Unless I have stale info, there are design issues with the XCR mags that don't feed the SKS well. A couple of our members have been playing with the concept and we'll see what happens.

 

[mdmaroon]

It's not the rifle that is limited to 5 rounds, it's the magazine itself.

A magazine that is designed to fit the SKS is a prohibited device if it holds more than five rounds. Possession of the magazine, even if you don't have an SKS at all, is illegal.

As mentioned, you can adapt your SKS to take a pistol magazine, which can legally hold ten rounds.

I did it and you can find the thread if you scroll down a bit in this forum. It isn't easy, and it requires irreversible modification to the gun, including the bolt.

 

[TRaTSeRiF]

It's not the rifle that is limited to 5 rounds, it's the magazine itself.

A magazine that is designed to fit the SKS is a prohibited device if it holds more than five rounds. Possession of the magazine, even if you don't have an SKS at all, is illegal.

As mentioned, you can adapt your SKS to take a pistol magazine, which can legally hold ten rounds.

I did it and you can find the thread if you scroll down a bit in this forum. It isn't easy, and it requires irreversible modification to the gun, including the bolt.

Did you resolve the feeding problems?