Who can legally machine an. 22 barrel from a blank?
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Do they even have a so called Manufacturing license anymore ?
I remember there were such in the legislation we were under back before they dumped C-68 in our laps, but there were specific prohibitions against building your own guns then too.
I doubt that the low-rent talking heads on the first couple levels of the hierarchy at the CFC are going to be much help, to be honest. They always strike me as being a lot like the ###ual intellectual ( effing knowitall) gun counter dudes, that just keep talking, trying to impress with their 'knowledge'.
I remember there were such in the legislation we were under back before they dumped C-68 in our laps, but there were specific prohibitions against building your own guns then too.
I doubt that the low-rent talking heads on the first couple levels of the hierarchy at the CFC are going to be much help, to be honest. They always strike me as being a lot like the ###ual intellectual ( effing knowitall) gun counter dudes, that just keep talking, trying to impress with their 'knowledge'.
you can not posses a barrel less than 4 inches,
Is it a barrel if it isn't machined in any way to mate up with a receiver? How is a gun smith supposed to part off the end of barrel without creating a short section of barrel?
Would seem ludicrous to me to say you can't possess a barrel shorter than 4 inches. What law in particular would you be breaking?
try finding one? when you change a short barrel prohibited to restricted you can not retain the original, cut some 10/22 barrels for a fellow building a scale Gatling gun, the ends we machined away to cuttings rather than part off, we were told less than 4 inches would get someone in a lot of trouble, frankly not worth finding out
A tube of metal with a hole bored through it could theoretically constitute a barrel, but possessing such a tube is not contrary to the law. What's relevant is what's done with the "barrel" -- such as putting it on a receiver. There's nothing inherently dangerous about a barrel until it is fitted to something that can fire a projectile through it.
As I noted in an earlier post, a gunsmith or machinist who cuts a barrel blank to fit on a rifle is left with at least two pieces. One of those pieces goes on a rifle while the other might be very short indeed. Does that piece become an object that must be accounted for? I know of no registry for barrel blanks or their remainders.
I guess it's best to do what laurencen mentioned. Shorten the barrel by doing LOTS of facing passes (extra metal turned into chips) as oppose to doing a part off. Gun laws are written by people who know nothing about them, they're not logical and never make much sense. I believe if one wants to, a block of un-machined metal can legally be classified as an "unfinished" receiver.
Aren't all Gatling guns prohib?
meveringham
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Now offering assorted press fit supper slim barrels at Canadian tire.
Useage is the defining factor. Actus reus.
Useage is the defining factor. Actus reus.
rommelrommel
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Yeah, but I think they'd also tell you that unless they could see the video that ### with your wife is actually ###ual assault.
Will a Ruger Charger handgun accept 10/22 barrels? If so, a chopped down 10/22 barrel might be deemed to be a handgun barrel - and if under 105mm would be a prohibited device.
Were you told it was OK to make a scale Gatling gun? There have been plans available from two different companies for years. Gatlings are deemed to be prohibited firearms, even 19th century originals. There was a time when they were considered to be manually operated repeating firearms, but that changed.
It would be ironic if the same authority that told you that a piece of .22 barrel could get you into trouble, but that it was OK to manufacture a prohibited firearm.
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Here is a crude 2" barrel, I am sure it will accept some cartridge.
Here is a crude 2" barrel, I am sure it will accept some cartridge.
the Gatling gun was made by a local model group, I simply machined the barrels, I have no idea where they fit in the firearms laws just recall any short off cuts were a issue under our laws,
i agree a short piece of tube could be a barrel, even a drilled hole can but its the intent its designed foe
Please, which laws?
I have no doubt that someone told you that cut-offs were illegal. But for something to be against the law, there must be a law. Short handgun barrels are prohibited devices, unless associated with a registered 12-6 firearm. But short pieces of barrel?
I have no doubt that someone told you that cut-offs were illegal. But for something to be against the law, there must be a law. Short handgun barrels are prohibited devices, unless associated with a registered 12-6 firearm. But short pieces of barrel?
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rifleman762
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The ultimate question is: what would a judge or jury decide? I am willing to bet a prison term and loss of all my guns that they would not convict me for having a 3" cut off piece from the muzzle of a rifle barrel. So 100% confident. It would never even get in front a judge because crown prosecutors, while they might be a lot of different things, are not stupid people.
