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

How is this not prohibited?

https://rcmp.ca/en/firearms/classes-firearms/classes-firearms-canada#s5

Firearms adapted from a rifle or shotgun, whether by sawing, cutting or any other alteration, and that, as so adapted are:

  • less than 660 mm in length
- 660 mm or greater in length and has a barrel less than 457 mm in length

You changed barrel length to under 457 mm?

Butler Creek 25/22 mag pinned at 10 of course

Because same mag is designed for a handgun too? Otherwise it should be unlimited right?

PS : Intent of this comment is not to blame any person but to understand legal compliance here. If someone knows more on this topic, most humbly, I will like to be corrected. I am not a lawyer nor a firearm verifier. This is not a legal advice.

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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/Hot_Cheesecake_905 Jul 27 '26

No alterations were made as these are all factory parts.

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u/Sad-Stop-2401 Jul 27 '26

You can make your firearm prohibited even with factory parts. If the length of the barrel in his original 10/22 was > 457mm, then replacing it with fractory part barrel of 8 inch will render firearm prohibited, AFAIK.

Its not the part that has classification, it is ... the firearm.

PS: Not a lawyer, not a legal advice.

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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 Jul 28 '26

There are no barrel length requirements with rimfire, only overall length.