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/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/TheGoldShipper Jul 27 '26

If the 8” barrel was prohib I wouldn’t have been able to buy it from the store in the first place

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u/Sad-Stop-2401 Jul 27 '26

Barrels are not prohibited because classification applies to firearm and not barrel alone.

If say you put a shorter barrel (say 8 inch one) on a rifle that was having longer than 457mm barrel, it *may* be an issue.

But if you rifle was having 8 inch barrel to begin with, you are not adapting or modifying your firearm. You are replacing one barrel with functionally identical barrel of same length.

For example Tactical import can provide replacement barrels of 5 inch for its TR 410 Micro because they have a 5 inch barrel to begin with.

PS : I am Not a lawyer or firearm verifier. Just a firearm enthusiast.