So how much demand would there be for 18.6" 50 Beowulf barrels?
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It's only an issue for Canadians, very few 50 beowulf rifle owners in Canada, even fewer with NR ones. It is unlikely sales would pay for the tooling, let alone the time and R&D to ensure the RCMP does not take issue with the design
Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is an RCMP interpretation, not law.
Show me anywhere in the firearms act that mentions a 2-round capacity or the term multi-caliber.
To my knowledge, nobody has been charged (or more importantly, convicted) of a magazine capacity issue related to this.
Five rounds if it’s made for a rifle, Ten rounds if it’s made for a pistol.
LOL YUP, That's the sad truth....
Shorerider
CGN Regular
- Location
- British Columbia
You wouldn’t need to reinvent the wheel. What we need is a current Canadian manufacturer to make an AR pattern magazine with a proper follower. Since Beo was designed to be loaded into a standard AR mag changing the follower would make it so it wouldn’t reliably feed 5.56. Then they just laser engrave 50 Beowulf 5 rounds single stack on the side and we should be good to go.
What you are suggesting falls under the RCMP's current interpretation as you are simply modifying an existing 223/556 magazine and would be limited to that calibers capacity.
I have had a NR 50 beowulf rifle for years now, as a result it has gotten lots of public exposure while hunting public land and I go through a ministry checkpoint in my province at least once a year where both conservation officers and RCMP are present. I wouldn't want to be the guy that gambles my firearms license on someone laser engraving 50 beowulf on a 223/556 magazine after simply changing a follower on it.
FYI, there was already a case where an individual was charged back east, plead guilty to numerous charges and the magazines were kept as prohibited devices.
Yes, as I said, the individual plead guilty on a number of his charges. The magazines were forfeit by the individual as they were still considered prohibited devices.
As always, I suggest anyone with a 50 beowulf rifle get their own legal advise and base what risk you are willing to take off what your own lawyer tells you, because if anything happens, he will be the one representing you.
exactly
Even if you can afford to fight it, it could take years to resolve and get you property and firearms license back. It could also have repercussions lasting a lifetime if the media runs the story and your name through the mud in your community
The beo and socom need commercially loaded ammo available in Canada for purchase to really take off. I can count on one hand the number of other shooters I have seen at the range or out in the bush with either caliber.
If you build it they will come. If there is a demand there will be a supply. There is no demand right now due to the lack of rifles out there in 458 or 50 beo. Get them in people's hands they will demand ammo and someone will supply it
then why did you say there is already huge demand for someone to build magazines? People need the ammo to go in the mags already available more than another magazine to buy
I meant there would be a big demand. My typing skills in the morning aren't the best. If there was readily available barrels there would be a demand for mags. That all creates a demand for ammo and atrs said they could get ammo.
When did would become a past tense term. It's always meant future tense to me. I never said there is a demand for them I said there would be a demand for them
- Location
- Red Deer, Alberta
There is not a lot of demand, in fact there is next to zero demand. ATRS is offering to make .50beo barrels. They need a commitment of 6 people and they don’t have that yet. There might be another 50 (maybe 100???) Beowulf rifles in Canada. No one is going to spend $50,000-$80,000 for injection molds to sell magazines for such a small group.
Besides the already available 450 Bushmaster mags should work. I cannot test until my single feed barrel extensions show up from the US, but are delayed due to government shutdown
