SIG 522 .22LR How much and when!
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Wow
how could that be the SIG 552 .223 Cal is Non-Restricted...Is this not a variant of that? If that's true that's absolutely absurd, or maybe they should put a 3200 dollar price tag on it like it's bigger brother so no one can afford then.
Tell me it's not true.......
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Nope. The SIG 550 is indeed by name prohibited.
The Swiss Arms rifles currently available on the Canadian market are actually based on the SIG 540 series, just scaled down to .223/5.56 calibre. Since the SIG 540 series is not named as prohibited, variants of that series are legal, while variants of the 550 series are prohibited. Confused yet?
Now here's the real kick to the nuts. The 522 rifle uses a blowback system as opposed to the piston system of the 540 and 550 series of rifles. Therefore, it CANNOT be a variant of the 550 series (or even 540 series), since the internal parts are not interchangeable. The "experts" at the RCMP firearms lab are claiming that it is a variant, despite the facts, and will not back down on their ruling. This is the same BS they pulled with the GSG5 rifles, which despite looking like an MP-5, are completely different internally.
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/fs-fd/rp-eng.htm
The Swiss Arms rifles currently available on the Canadian market are actually based on the SIG 540 series, just scaled down to .223/5.56 calibre. Since the SIG 540 series is not named as prohibited, variants of that series are legal, while variants of the 550 series are prohibited. Confused yet?
Now here's the real kick to the nuts. The 522 rifle uses a blowback system as opposed to the piston system of the 540 and 550 series of rifles. Therefore, it CANNOT be a variant of the 550 series (or even 540 series), since the internal parts are not interchangeable. The "experts" at the RCMP firearms lab are claiming that it is a variant, despite the facts, and will not back down on their ruling. This is the same BS they pulled with the GSG5 rifles, which despite looking like an MP-5, are completely different internally.
That is truly insane, 3200$ for the .223 vr and only rich people can afford it, yet it's 20 times less dangerous .22 sister is outlawed....it's like the RCMP is being influenced by some rich club of powerful secret gangsters.
it's like the RCMP is being influenced by some rich club of powerful secret gangsters.
Indeed... they are called liberals!
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That is truly insane, 3200$ for the .223 vr and only rich people can afford it, yet it's 20 times less dangerous .22 sister is outlawed....it's like the RCMP is being influenced by some rich club of powerful secret gangsters.
Within any nation only the police and army need guns, to protect its citizens from dictatorships, democides and genocides.
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I was just looking at my 10/22 with it's 25 round clip and thought "WTF how is this any less dangerous then a 522" and on top of that you can mod a ruder 10/22 to look like an AR!.....WTF are they smoking at the RCMP headquarters.
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That's what I want to know
, they would sell a boat load if they could some how pull that off. I would pay a grand in a hart beat for one as long as it wasn't "cheesed up" compared to the first vr.
I know this is a really old thread, but god damn this is bullsht. Isn't there an appeal process to get some of these rifles re-classified? this is the first thing we should be nailing our government about - firearms re-classification - to the peoples benefit. such horsecrap.
