Tell that to the other type 81 importer that were deemed converted auto for the exact scenario I've given.
I'm not saying one or any of this batch will be reclassified.
I'm saying the current frt for semi autos won't need to be altered if they find one built on full auto trunnions. They'll make a new parent entry to reflect that different action. Like they did in the 1919s by tnw.
The "locked after one year" frt entry doesn't offer any safety. Can't change it, but nothing says they won't or can't add a new, different parent entry for a converted auto.
Fact... FRT Legal Comments for the Type 81 "semi auto" sample from the competition...
"1) The TYPE 81, Receiver/Frame is considered to be comprised of four parts/components:
a) the Front Trunnion/Rear Sight Block;
b) the Ejector Block;
c) the Rear Trunnion/Return Spring Catch; and,
d) the stamped steel rectangular channel portion to which the other receiver/frame components are permanently affixed by rivet and/or weld.
2) For regulatory purposes, when the receiver/frame is further disassembled, the receiver/frame component known as the Front Trunion/Rear Sight Block, where the manufacturer information and serial number are found, is used to establish the description for the purpose of firearms registration.
3) When the receiver/frame is further disassembled and reduced to its four components, the component that bears the serial number, model and factory number, (the Front Trunnion/Rear Sight Block), will be considered the Receiver/Frame.
4) The classification of this firearm as a semi-automatic firearm is based on the presumption that none of the original four (4) receiver components were reused. This is what was understood to be the meaning of the claim by the manufacturer that the firearm is a "newly manufactured semi-automatic firearm".
5) The Criminal Code PART III, Section 84 para (c) definition - prohibited firearm means, "an automatic firearm, whether or not it has been altered to discharge only one projectile with one pressure of the trigger. "
As long as every gun is built with new parts, they are all fine. And TI say they have been. If they aren't, and one comes in, that specific gun will be considered C/A, and a new frt with the same make, model and manufacture with be generated by the RCMP, and a new parent FRT entry made for the C/A action. They won't modify the semi auto FRT, and their won't be a mass reclassification. It would be gun specific, depending on construction.