Valmet M76 The Ultimate AKM Refinement

fritzhanzel said:
Beautiful. I wish I had the deep pockets.
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12(X) Prohibited firearms are a relative bargain in today's market, if you can get past the part about not being able to legally transport them to a range for discharge. That "new" Valmet cost me $1500. My last two Inch-Pattern FN FALs set me back $700 apiece in excellent condition. Regardless of how they eventually end up, the purchase price for prohib long-guns is really quite reasonable with most currently selling for less than they cost when newly-imported. You just need a Time Machine if you happened to have missed the application deadline for prohib status in each category back in the early 90s....
 
fritzhanzel said:
I thought this is NR. Still beautiful, sucks that you can't shoot it.
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Good point - I failed to mention the classification in my brief description. I have amended the introduction to include the Valmet's 12(5) status dating back to the early 1990s. 12(5)s are factory-manufactured semi-auto versions of select-fire assault weapons that were specifically named in OIC 12(5). Also referred to a Military Style Semi-Automatics (MSSAs), they are not currently subject to an RCMP Lab inspection every time they change ownership. The only additional step above and beyond a normal Restricted transfer is the fact that 12(5) transfers now all go the national Registrar for review prior to provincial CFO approval of the transfer. Don't ask me why, as the CFO has access to all of the relevant information, but whatever - bureaucracy exemplified....

OIC 12(4) Prohibited a very small group of specifically-named MSSAs. These include the Uzi carbines, the Steyr AUG rifle, the Cobray MAC semi-automatic pistols, and a few other models. They are transferred and treated identically to the 12(5) class.

12(3) Converted-Automatic Prohibs are a different kettle of fish. Converted by means of grinding, welding and cutting prior to import, these firearms were retroactively and permanently converted from select-fire to semi-automatic only. These were permitted to be bought and sold, classified as Restricted or NR based on Barrel length up until the early 1990s. When OIC 12(3) landed, it captured all of this class of firearm across Canada. Unfortunately, in an effort to discourage further 12(3) transfers and ownership the RCMP Lab now insists upon a physical inspection of these firearms every time they change hands. Being a paragon of bureaucratic efficiency, the Lab routinely takes several years to get around to a 5 minute inspection of the firearm in order to ascertain whether the original conversion is still in place and considered "adequate". If it has been tampered with, trouble will follow for the former owner. If deemed to be an inadequate conversion, the buyer will be given the option of having a gunsmith perform lab-directed work to bring the firearm into compliance with the Lab's latest made-up demands. The degree to which the lab functions as the "punishment wing" of the CFC, wielded against Canadian firearms owners at every possible opportunity, is shocking and completely unacceptable. But I digress. That is how things currently work for all 12(3) transfers. I don't bother with sales or auctions of 12(3) firearms any longer for that very reason. I may not live long enough to take possession of my "new" firearm, so what's the point of tying up money for years without satisfaction? Instead I focus on the sales of OIC 12(4) and (5) firearms.
 
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