r/canadaguns • u/CrumblingCanada • 7d ago

Application / Regulation advice SBI G3 chassis 10/22 OAL question

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Hi everyone, I’m planning on a 10/22 build with the G3 chassis. I was planning on using a Neumann folding buffer to picatinny adaptor on it. But eventually I want to buy a shorter barrel around 12 inch for it. With the folding stock I’m sure it’s going to be shorter than 26 inch.

So will I have to swap the stock for a telescopic buffer type adaptor that would be min 26 while collapsed? And would that even still be legal? Considering I could remove the stock and it would still be fireable. Or does the fact the buffer tube would require tools to remove make it ok? Our laws are so vague and I don’t wanna get in any hot water over it!

Thanks guys, happy shooting

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u/NorthwindX7 7d ago

Anyone know how the chiapa bandit bootleg gets around being under 26"oal and non restricted?

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u/SpectreBallistics Spectre Ballistics International (Verified) 7d ago

It's a manual action and has no adjustable stock.

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u/NorthwindX7 7d ago

So a single shot/lever action rimfire has no minimum oal to be nr?

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u/Q-Ball7 In the end, it's taxes all the way down 7d ago

There is no minimum OAL for any gun that doesn't fold or telescope (or deflate, or other things in that category).

You could have a fixed stock semi-auto centerfire that comes in under 26"- so long as the barrel length is long enough.

But nobody makes a firearm like this, though. This is because 26" is a magic number in US law, so manufacturers that want their guns to sell in the US will make them no shorter (and manufacturers who want to export from the US have to jump through significantly more paperwork to export a rifle shorter than that).

(It's also because, outside of very short cartridges like 9mm or contrivances like that one Russian bullpup, you can't physically make the action that small and still work.)

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u/NorthwindX7 7d ago

The chiapa bootleg bandit has a 12" barrel and oal of under 20". Buddy got one and was very confused on how it's nr