r/canadaguns • u/Longjumping_Deer3006 • Apr 16 '26
Application / Regulation advice Belt Fed?
Saw this on Google images and that got me thinking, if there is no limit on something like a belt then why aren't there more manufacturers in Canada creating belt fed semi autos?
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u/FedInformant Apr 16 '26
Im pretty sure the centre-fire round limit still applies. Lockhart tactical was making a .22LR that was belt fed
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u/JTrudeausLeftNut Apr 16 '26
The original language is:
(f) is of the “belt” type consisting of a fabric or metal belt, is not a reproduction and was originally designed or manufactured for the purpose of feeding cartridges into a automatic firearm of a type that was in existence before 1945.
The 1945 only applies to belts that were designed for automatic firearms. Rimfire and Semi-automatic designed belts would be exempt from the 5 round limit. The language of the regs notes that belts are magazines so the rimfire exemption would apply.
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u/smashervt Apr 16 '26
Can we get a semi auto DSHK. I don't I saw it on any lists.
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u/EnggyAlex Alex's Homebrew Apr 16 '26
12.7x108 is over the energy limit
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u/smashervt Apr 16 '26
Ahh then that makes sense. I know there were old ww2 German MG's that are semi auto belt fed. Would be fun to have something like a dp28 or anything at this point lol
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u/EnggyAlex Alex's Homebrew Apr 16 '26
Just so you know ti had nr rpd for 1 week before the ban hammer hits
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u/AdeptArt Apr 16 '26
I wasn't aware the RPD was NR, i thought it was found to be too easily converted to full auto. Do you have any links? I know M60's used to be legal.
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u/EnggyAlex Alex's Homebrew Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
If you can go back time and check the ftr right before the ban you can see it list as nr listed as polytech type56 lmg or rpd-sa
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u/AdeptArt Apr 16 '26
That doesn't seem possible. The type 56 is an AK variant. Are you thinking of the type 81 LMG? That was available for a while prior to the ban.
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u/EnggyAlex Alex's Homebrew Apr 16 '26
no, type 56 lmg is the rpd, not the type56 smg (ak) or the type56 semi(sks), chinese just call everything type56 because thats when they bought the technical package for bunch of guns
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u/AdeptArt Apr 16 '26
Do you have any more sources? The one that I recall being the RPD is this one:
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/threads/rpd-update.1035123/page-48#post-13007519
And I believe this one was found prohib (unfortunately).
If we really did have the RPD for a week which wasn't prohib I really want to know about it. You can't find anything else like any announcements by TI or anything like that? Super interested to hear about this that's why.
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u/EnggyAlex Alex's Homebrew Apr 16 '26
they did not publicly announce it because it only gets the nr status just one week before the ban.
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u/OdditiesInOntario Apr 16 '26
There's a limit on the belt for newly manufactured belts, there's no limit on the belt for belts manufactured before 1945 (technically it says "not a reproduction designed for a weapon built before 1945" but that's unclear).
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/sor-98-462/fulltext.html
Scroll down to former prohibited weapons order no. 9, paragraph 2, section F.
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u/TVpresspass tv-presspass.com - Makes videos and words Apr 16 '26
Disclaimer: not a lawyer, and even if I were the laws change all the time.
You used to see quite a few nonrestricted TNW belt fed semi autos: Mg34s, browning 1919s, even M2 Brownings. The key phrasing was while the firearm could be new manufacture, the interpretation going around at the time was that for the belts to be over 5 rounds they had to be made pre-1945. No one had any idea how to handle disintegrating links.
All prohib now of course.