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/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/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.