r/canadaguns • u/number75 • 28d ago

Misc Bear Creek Arsenal BC-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv7GCz56NAg

I was wandering around youtube when I came across a SmallArmsSolutions review for this particular platform. Somewhat interestingly, it seems mostly C-21 compliant? It has a proprietary 5 round magazine and seems to be extended to work with their proprietary BC-8 uppers, so it's not AR-10 compatible. Thoughts on whether or not this would actually be legal to import into Canada? I suspect it might be caught on being an "AR Variant" but it'd be interesting to hear all of your thoughts.

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u/yummybunnybear 28d ago

It's a proprietary rifle made before Bill C21 explicitly for hunting so there's a good chance the RCMP lab would initially approve it. But the question is whether it would get caught up in a futuee OIC

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u/LordRevan1996 28d ago

I just assume everything will at some point under the current liberals. They sure like to go “look how many X assault weapons we banned”.

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u/yummybunnybear 28d ago

First they banned actual assault rifles. Then they went after assault "style" rifles. Then the RCMP lab prohibited "variants" of assault "style" rifles. Now the antigunners are calling the SKS a "loophole". Eventually they'll call every gun a loophole of a variant of a style of an assault rifle.

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u/Equal-Ad-3757 28d ago

they also tried to ban assault looking airosft and paintballs guns during the C21 legislation, which they called it "gate way" guns.

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u/yummybunnybear 28d ago

Better ban bananas for being a variant of a gateway gun

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u/Lopsided_Ad3516 27d ago

Put those fingers down or you'll lose them too.

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u/LordRevan1996 27d ago

Gateway guns really? Aren’t these the same types of assholes that cry that weed shouldn’t be considered a gateway drug?

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u/MasterScore8739 27d ago

It’s only a matter of time before our favourite sticks catch the ban hammer. 😔

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u/number75 28d ago

I think we can expect all semi-autos, and even some particularly "fast" bolt actions to get banned at some point. But the main question is "what is available to us now" that I'm curious about.

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u/LordRevan1996 27d ago

I wouldn’t be surprised but I think they’d try to go for forcing storage at gun clubs or some dumb shit first.

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u/MasterScore8739 27d ago

I’ve said it multiple times before and I’ll say it again.
It doesn’t matter how fast you can shoot a bolt action. Once all the semi-autos are moved into the Prohib category, bolt actions are next.

Instead of them being hunting rifles they’ll turn into “high powered sniper rifles” and the argument of “nobody needs a sniper rifle, they serve no purpose other than on the battlefield” will become the new red herring.

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u/Vahuo89 28d ago

Only a matter of time