r/canadaguns • u/TheSockington • Apr 21 '26

Feets / Collection / My build Australia’s weird AR pump/straight-pull

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Had this for a couple months and ran about five hundred rounds through it. The original pump handles are goofy big but removing the lower one really improves ergonomics and lets you shoot off a bag a bit easier. It also lets your hand do the whole c-clamp thing if that’s your style.

It’s personally hard to justify double the cost to upgrade to the newest thing hitting the market when this has been working great for me personally.

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u/Flashy_Inspector115 Apr 21 '26

Weird random aussie thingy

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u/NerfVice Apr 21 '26

Pump/Straight Pull rifle's are very popular down in Australia. SCSA brought one to market that combines both in a package that cost's around half of what other alternatives do.

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u/Ilikefightsbecause Apr 21 '26

Aussies down there can’t have semi auto anything except pistols. You can’t even have pump or semi auto shotguns. All semiautomatic centerfires, semiautomatic Rimfire with 10+ capacity, and all semi and pump shotguns above 5+ capacity are only available to professional pest controllers, dealers, police, etc.

In short, best thing they got to a real ar.

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u/-rifle-is-fine- Apr 21 '26

That is a bummer in a place where everything is trying to kill you.

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u/Ilikefightsbecause Apr 21 '26

Semi auto Rimfire below 10 rounds and pump/semi shotguns below 5 rounds are still restricted to “primary producers” aka farmers and they still have to justify why they need it 😵‍💫

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u/_axeman_ Apr 21 '26

I mean guns don't help much when the chief threat is tiny venomous critters. Saltwater Crocs are about the only thing you'd really need to shoot there and in my experience you kinda have to go looking for them

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u/-rifle-is-fine- Apr 21 '26

Yeah they don't help with heat and fire too. It was a joke.

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u/_axeman_ Apr 21 '26

It would be pretty awesome if you could put out a fire by blasting the shit out of it

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u/parkix Apr 21 '26

Interesting that they allow pistols.

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u/NerfVice Apr 22 '26

My understanding is that there was already more accountability/restrictions (must be a club member, etc) in regards to owning a Pistol even before 1996 which is how civilian ownership was allowed to continue.

An interesting titbit is that when the NFA was being formulated, the government was open to hunting being a valid reason to own a handgun. The main shooting organisation at the time lobbied hard against it at the time however, fearing that it would divert revenue from their Ranges.