Why does the Canadian RFB have to be different?

[thump_rrr]

Not sure what some of you are saying..I have rifles made in USA that say 5.56 and 7.62x51

I have a stag marked 5.56 on the receiver and barrel but the distributors paperwork said .223 Wylde.

It's just a mental mind####

 

[DuckHunt93]

How come it said 5.56 on some DD M4?

i think because on the receiver its marked Cal: Multi

 

[Jäger1]

As my friend found out, not everyone can legally shorten a barrel. It must be done by a specially licensed gunsmith/manufacturer. My friend bought a used police 870 with a 16" barrel. the CFC sent him a letter that it was prohibited as the barrel had been "cut off". the barrel had been properly cut by the Quebec police force, but that was not good enough. He eventually surrendered the barrel but not the gun.

The problem was the barrel being 16 inches not that it wasnt done by a lisenced smith.

Correct, the issue is the fact that the barrel had been cut down to a length below 18", making it a prohibited device. It doesn't matter who does the cutting, a barrel that has been shortened to a length below 18" is a prohibited device. The Quebec police are exempt from the firearms act and as such have no such restrictions, but passing on said prohibited device to the civilian market is quite the mistake on their part, and I'm sure no one was held accountable for it.

 

[7.92X33Kurz]

Who's on first, What's on second, and I dunno's on third.

I just love semantic warfare. You know gun laws are screwed if you need a Bachelor of Literature just to have a conversation about them on CGN.

Kurz