The legal side of changing calibers in the same pistol

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Hey guys. Looking to possibly buy a 9mm barrel for my Smith and Wesson M&P 2.0 .40 caliber to take it to a 9mm. This is a drop-in barrel swap and doesn't require any modification beyond buying the barrel and 9mm magazines at a local shop. I would be keeping both barrels and using them both. What is the bureaucracy that comes with doing this? I know this means I need to update something with regard to my registration certificate but does anyone have any experience with this?
 
You have 30 days to notify CFO of any permanent change of caliber. With that said I own two contender pistols with multiple barrels. Barrel changes are not permanent if less than 30 days. No registration of barrels is required. If you sell original barrel you will need to inform the CFO of a caliber change but otherwise you don't need to call them.
 
snider shooter said:
you have 30 days to notify cfo of any permanent change of caliber. With that said i own two contender pistols with multiple barrels. Barrel changes are not permanent if less than 30 days. No registration of barrels is required. If you sell original barrel you will need to inform the cfo of a caliber change but otherwise you don't need to call them.
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this.
 
Kind of:

(2) Subject to section 5, the Registrar shall attach to a registration certificate that is issued in respect of a firearm the condition that when the type, action, calibre or gauge of the firearm is modified, the holder of the certificate shall advise the Registrar of the modification,

(a) if the modification is intended to be permanent, within 30 days after the modification; and

(b) if the modification is not intended to be permanent but still exists 30 days after it is made, without delay after that period.
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http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-201/page-1.html#h-7

Shawn
 
So 2(a) certainly doesn’t apply.

2(b) would only apply if the conversion barrel was installed on the firearm for greater than thirty days. As soon as the original is put back in the modification no longer exists and the conversion barrel reverts to being a part. Good luck to the crown trying to prove that one.

Enjoy your second barrel.
 
TT1900 said:
So 2(a) certainly doesn’t apply.

2(b) would only apply if the conversion barrel was installed on the firearm for greater than thirty days. As soon as the original is put back in the modification no longer exists and the conversion barrel reverts to being a part. Good luck to the crown trying to prove that one.

Enjoy your second barrel.
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This is impossible to prove unless there is an admission that the other barrel was installed for longer than 30 days.

Silly law if you ask me and just shows the mess with firearms laws.
 
mistero said:
This is impossible to prove unless there is an admission that the other barrel was installed for longer than 30 days.

Silly law if you ask me and just shows the mess with firearms laws.
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Not impossible at all to prove, and fortunately for the crown most accused people readily incriminate themselves with inadvertant admissions.

But yes its silly, but not because tue laws are a mess, but because the people who write them actually think the calbire written on a registration certificate affects the likelihood of the firearm being used for a violent purpose.
 
What if you have two or three complete slides/barrels recoil assembly etc and one serial numbered receiver. Do you get a certificate with three calibres listed. What if you have three complete uppers in the same calibre. What if you decide to sell an upper, not considered a firearm but the CFO knows you have more the one calibre for a particular gun. Do you call them when you sell the upper? What if you only put different calibre uppers on the receiver once in a blue moon, say keep them at you buddies place, do you have to let the CFO know? Again having a complete slide with barrel assembly doesn't require a PAL as far as I know. Maybe next time I have to take a ####, I'll PM Shawn for the legal diatribe:p
 
Kosmonument said:
Hey guys. Looking to possibly buy a 9mm barrel for my Smith and Wesson M&P 2.0 .40 caliber to take it to a 9mm. This is a drop-in barrel swap and doesn't require any modification beyond buying the barrel and 9mm magazines at a local shop. I would be keeping both barrels and using them both. What is the bureaucracy that comes with doing this? I know this means I need to update something with regard to my registration certificate but does anyone have any experience with this?
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9mm barrel in a 40 s&w slide ? (case extraction?)
 
Pretty much.. just keep the original and put it back on before the 30days. Personally I would put the original back in asap and only put the conversion in/on once I'm at the range.

And sorry if I'm coming across as an a double s. Use to reading code books and rule books looking for specifics.

With many of them you have to read the whole section and not just the 1 on it's own.
 
I allways transport and store with what's on the registration (including ar uppers) just swap at the range and swap back same goes for .22 bolt conversions and slide conversions.
 
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