The C8s were sold as Law Enforcement surplus "parts" about 8 or 9 years ago. I got the Upper Receiver from Nordic Marksman in brand new, unissued/unfired (outside of the factory proof rounds), condition. I added an SA 15.7 Lower Receiver and appropriate Diemaco/Colt Canada period furniture to correctly complete the basic C8, identical to the one that I carried in Afghanistan back in 2002.
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The C8s were sold as Law Enforcement surplus "parts" about 8 or 9 years ago. I got the Upper Receiver from Nordic Marksman in brand new, unissued/unfired (outside of the factory proof rounds), condition. I added an SA 15.7 Lower Receiver and appropriate Diemaco/Colt Canada period furniture to correctly complete the basic C8, identical to the one that I carried in Afghanistan back in 2002.
I'm like that kid's punching bag that is weighted on the bottom so that it never falls over - I just keep rolling with the punches! "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down!"
Yes, it hurts to be attacked by the very same country that I served, especially when I consider that it was my military service that created my enduring passion for military small arms design in the first place. It's one thing to be kicked to the curb by the Canadian Armed Forces and then be shortchanged by Veterans Affairs Canada because you are a "new veteran" injured after 1 April 2006. It is quite another to be threatened with everything from frozen personal banking and resultant financial ruin, or some other equally unacceptable fate, by that same government just because you happen to own something entirely legal that they are ideologically opposed to. I wouldn't have believed that the government could or would CHOOSE to villify the most law-abiding minority segment of the population for votes in progressive urban centers, if weren't actually happening as we speak.....
People sometimes ask why I am pro-Alberta Independence. As if all of the above weren't reason enough! Canada is sadly no longer the same country that I served and sacrificed my legs for 18 years ago. Unchecked government spending and immigration have created societal pressures in affordability, adequate housing, sufficient jobs, etc, etc. And what do Canadians do? Ontario and Quebec re-elect the very party with the same people who ran the country into the ground for the previous decade. Un-fvcking-real. And I'm somehow supposed to be the "traitorous bad guy" because I want a better future for my children than a Lieberal-led Kanada can or will provide? Screw that noise! I'm no traitor - I simply have highly-tuned survival instincts and know where my heart belongs - to Alberta first and foremost. The last bastion of the Western values, societal norms and personal freedoms that used to define Canada as a whole. More's the pity....
Figured i would add to this thread. A recent acquisition to my Canadian WW2 collection, A Canadian Mk I Bren gun manufactured by John Inglis & Co in 1942 in Toronto. I'm sure a keen eye will see what is wrong with it in the second photo.
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Nice Bren! Shame about the missing Gas Regulator and the welded Barrel Latch. Aside from those minor details however, it looks to be a pretty clean example. Would look good atop the Mantle!
I’m truly ashamed of how you have been treated by our country. Please accept my heartfelt apologies. However minor that may seem. Your service and sacrifice should never be deminshed. I know that is not what you after. I’m sure like many of us you just want to be left alone having never committed a crime with our legally acquired firearms.
I refuse to call it a buyback. It's a confiscation with limited compensation.
Thank-you. The shame of it all is that people like you who know better, end up having to apologize for the misguided actions (or inaction), of their elected representatives.... But thank-you just the same. Your recognition is appreciated and means more to me than anything a politician could say in any case....
The Robinson Armament M96 Expeditionary Rifle is a nifty tribute to the Stoner 63A, although only the Buttstock is interchangeable. I had one of the first two to come into Canada back around 2000, with the other rifle going to John Hipwell of Wolverine Supplies. He became the RobArm distributor for Canada as a result, to include the entire XCR (L) and XCR (H) lines. It is a real shame that Alex Robinson abandoned the M96 fairly early in the development and manufacturing process, such that the oft-promised Belt-Feed Conversion kit never materialized. THAT was infuriating and disappointing. Still, the M96 is a cool design for sure. Unfortunately, with a complete lack of spare parts availability most M96s have been relegated to safe-queen status for fear of a catastrophic failure (eg. bolt cracking) that cannot be easily repaired.
Nice Colt Canada rifles/carbines! Those look to be absolutely mint!!
100% correct. A buyback infers that the govt at one time owned it, which they didn’t. Rather it is legally acquired private property that was purchased in accordance with all applicable laws that existed at the time of sale. The use of the term sounds better in liberal echo chambers and MSM and camouflages what it actually is - confiscation of private property, a hallmark of marxist socialism.
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they'll end up in UkraineBartok I want to cry just looking at your collectionHopefully they don't end up in the smelter or stripped for parts...thwt
Nothing is going to Ukraine, it was just virtue signaling and the #elbowsup crowd loved it.
#standwithUkraine even though i can't stand up for what i believe
