r/canadaguns • u/TheGoldShipper • Jul 27 '26

Feets / Collection / My build B&T APC9 at home

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Really wanted a APC9 or GHM9 but alas, prohib.

So I turned my 1970s 10/22 into the closest thing. 26inch OAL without comp.

Ruger 10/22 carbine receiver
SB22 Fixed Kit chassis
Ballistic Advantage 8” barrel
Tac Sol X Ring compensator
SBI super lite stock
TANDEMKROSS bolt release and skeletonized mag release
Butler Creek 25/22 mag pinned at 10 of course
Holosun ARO
Magpul VFG

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u/goshathegreat Jul 27 '26

Because it was not adapted or altered by cutting or sawing. Since the 8” barrel was made as an 8” barrel, it wasn’t a 16” cut down to 8”, this makes it legal.

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u/Sad-Stop-2401 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

Changing the barrel to a shorter one is adaptation, right? Law says adapted from a rifle or shotgun?

Take a look FRT : https://www.armalytics.ca/firearm/122075-ruger-10-22-rifle

215 mm barrel is marked as prohibited when done in Non commercial customization.

PS : I am an enthusiast but not professional or authority figure in this.

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u/TheGoldShipper Jul 27 '26

Take a look at this NFA article: https://nfa.ca/barrel-and-firearms-lengths/

“NOTE:  The firearm is NOT forced into the “prohibited firearm” class if it left the factory with the barrel at below-18″/457mm barrel length.  I have, for example, a .22 rimfire semi-auto 30-shot rifle with a 9-3/4″ barrel, a .410 single-shot shotgun with an 11-3/4″ barrel, two 12-gauge pump-action shotguns with 14″ barrels, a .22 rimfire pump-action rifle with a 17-7/8″ custom barrel and a .223 calibre rifle with a 14″ barrel — AND ALL OF THEM ARE NON-RESTRICTED.  THAT IS BECAUSE THEY EITHER LEFT THE FACTORY WITH THOSE BARRELS, OR WERE FITTED WITH FACTORY- OR CUSTOM-MADE BARRELS IN THOSE LENGTHS AT SOME LATER DATE, and were NEVER fitted with a longer barrel.  One left the factory with NO barrel, and so a 14″ barrel could be legally fitted.”

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u/Sad-Stop-2401 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

This is A-okay. This is how 410 TR Micro is NR because it was made that way from factory. Not adapted.

I do not fully understand this part, but did your 1970 10/22 "were NEVER fitted with a longer barrel."?

You said you used a specific custom barrel in an existing firearm (10/22) receiver from 1970, right? Was it having a 8 inch barrel to begin with?

PS: My intent here is to understand how you are applying laws and not to blame you or anything like that.