A handy guide I made for Canada's totally reasonable and not confusing firearms laws

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10gaugetantrum@reddit

The way Canada seems to be going, everything on the right side of the list will end up on the left side in 10 years. I hope my peaceful neighbors to the north reverse the crap that is going on.

I saw a video where the Single Shot Ruger No.1 was banned because it could be chambered in 460 Wetherby.

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_BergundyBandanas_@reddit

Yep. On a positive note though, the conservatives are expected to win a major majority in 2025 and have said they will repeal the handgun & ar15 ban.

Hopefully they aren’t just bullshitting to get the gun owners votes… which they probably are

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_BergundyBandanas_@reddit

No need, I already own all the guns I want from pre ban times.

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No_News_1712@reddit

Can we not hate each other? People are getting way too heated and angry over this. Debate is healthy, this talk is not.

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10gaugetantrum@reddit

Hopefully the Canadian conservatives have the freedom of the people in mind. Here in the US even a lot of the conservatives are not completely pro gun.

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Superducks101@reddit

They just do what it takes to stay in office. Not the actual will of the people they represent.

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Chance_Anon@reddit

Hey look at that it only took one year

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10gaugetantrum@reddit

LOL. I still get people arguing with about this. I forgot about this comment.

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MrPanzerCat@reddit

Bruh why they worried about 460 wby... that shit would do more damage to the shooter than the target and theyd probably miss 95% of shots

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NegotiationWhole8560@reddit

Organization responsible for gunlicensing in Ontario rife withnepotism, conflict of interest—compromising public safety,whistleblowers allege

https://thepointer.com/article/2026-03-21/organization-responsible-for-gun-licensing-in-ontario-rife-with-nepotism-conflict-of-interest-compromising-public-safety-whistleblowers-allege

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ComplexEmergency1472@reddit

Lol, you wanna do a revised version of it now? 😂

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Tmas390@reddit

Unfortunately it only getting worse for Canadians

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Celestiial_Enigma@reddit

Mean while jagmeet and crew are rolling around a with original aks not printed or carved.. originals..

In-between their horse back polo games which are a little different than how they are normally played. In Canada jagmeet and crew ride horses and use their "religion" based symbols to remove the tennis balls located between the shoulders and on top of the spine when ever they notice one.

Wouldn't it be nice if Jesus Christ has made a little addition , (the fine print); " ye whom shall take life, force themselves on thy brother or sister, shall not be spared by our father, be that any of our brothers take such action, father commands their entire legacy must be committed to the night lest a survivor will inevitably spread such pestilence once more"

Aka.. wipe their existence and that of anyone related to them from time.

What would have happened, every country in the east would still know and follow their own traditions.

But no.. an oddly tall ooompa loooompa has to dismantle the regime.. well at least the chocolate factory exists some where..

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Heeeeyyouguuuuys@reddit

This is your own fault Canada.

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AccomplishedFee6809@reddit

Yah your not wrong im canadian and i feel surrounded by idiots at times..we do have 1/5 of gun related homicides though compared to the USA I believe..that could be right or wrong but im sure its less bit regardless theyve taken it too far and its goona leave us with only criminals and cops with firearms..they literally basically want you to help the ppl breaking into your house take your stuff instead of protecting yourself and yoyr property

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Pa1nless_89@reddit

Yeah no. Gotta remember Trudeau got elected with less than 20% of total voters including those who didn't vote and 30% of people who went in voted. This is our democracy.

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Heeeeyyouguuuuys@reddit

Oh, geez thanks for trying to correct me on my point by underlining how it is in fact Canada's own damn fault being so cucked by such a tiny minority.

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tyler111762@reddit

hey, whos your president right now? remind me real quick.

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Heeeeyyouguuuuys@reddit

An anti-gun fuck, but important to point out * an impotent and incompetent* anti gun fuck that hasn't successfully done shit yet.

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John_Marst0n@reddit

yea bud this is all wrong now

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Western1888@reddit

It'll be easier in the coming years everything will be banned because boomers voted liberal

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Arbiter51x@reddit

This post didn’t age well

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Zvcb9t9@reddit

The Bren 2 is also a thought after alternative for an AR, How would you guys compare the 2, could you hold the Lockhart raven over the Bren as a solid AR sub choice?

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

Absolutely not, I have both a Raven and a Bren and I would take the Bren any day. The Raven feels like it's made of lego.

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Zvcb9t9@reddit

Ok, that's good to know from someone who's used both, thanks!

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

Some people swear by it and I have no idea why. Granted I bought it right when it came out so maybe they hadn't ironed out the issues yet but my problems with it are:

There's a problem with the magwell that prevents it from retaining some types of mags, cross mags hold in okay but pmags usually just fall right back out as soon as I put them in. When the pmags do stay in, the last round bolt hold open does not work and sometimes the action doesn't cycle far enough to even eject the casing. Don't ask me why this is a mag dependent problem, I have no idea.
The handguard sucks balls, takes the entire length of the barrel, is extremely heavy and yet feels like it could rattle off the gun at any second. AR-15 handguards are compatible but due to some difference with the two rifles you need a bunch of extra parts and work to use them (I used to know more about this but I dropped it out of my brain as soon as I realized how much work it'd be).
The manual states you don't need to apply force to the takedown pins to remove them and yet one of mine fits so tight I have to hammer it out with a punch.
The stock stock (heh) is absolute trash but this is fairly easy to fix.
The split between the handguard and the upper receiver is too far back, so if you have an LPVO or something mounted with half decent eye relief you have to take the entire thing basically apart to adjust the gas. If you have your optics entirely on the upper then it's close enough to your face to give you a black eye. Not to mention if it's mounted between the two then it loses zero really fast due to the parts shaking around.
They went through 3 iterations of bolt before they found a design that didn't crack during use.

Overall it feels like a toy gun that would be good at the $1300 price point but definitely not for the $2200-2500 they want for it. Perhaps with a bunch of mods it's good but I'd rather just shoot my bren which has none of these issues, came perfect out of the box, and is a good bit lighter.

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Zvcb9t9@reddit

O wow, thanks!

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

This doesn't matter now because the raven is banned.

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zw1616@reddit

Do t post this, the cad government could see it! We don’t want to loose our loopholes

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GrouseDog@reddit

Ya just did.

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zw1616@reddit

Atleast there are still a couple of them to play with untill February like the sks

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RP4LFR@reddit

Come down to the states we dgaf!

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zw1616@reddit

Is that why you guys pay a $200 tax stamp and the president want to ban ARs? Lol

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RP4LFR@reddit

Hey, at least we can use our guns for self-defense… just saying

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zw1616@reddit

Low blow man😂 haha states does have its merrits

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RP4LFR@reddit

True unfortunately, though one thing that states that we are jealous of the Canadians is that we don’t have brothels down here 😭

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zw1616@reddit

We have brothels up here?

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RP4LFR@reddit

I don’t know I just heard about it didn’t know if you could confirm

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zw1616@reddit

Shit idk maybe in the bigger cities, not in the north west where I am. You guys got glory holes unlike us so that could be a dub

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RP4LFR@reddit

Meh it’s only a bunch of old gay guys with occasional swinger couple

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zw1616@reddit

Ahh that’s too bad😂

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RP4LFR@reddit

Yeah, by the way, are you guys able to order going straight to your house? I heard something about that.

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zw1616@reddit

Order going straight? I don’t know what ya mean

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RP4LFR@reddit

So whenever we want to buy a firearm in the states, we have to go to a brick and mortar store or three person with a federal firearms license if it’s a private sale, total bit different but… from what I heard Canadians are able to order like shotguns and stuff straight to their house?

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zw1616@reddit

Oh yeah, we can order a non-restricted gun offline(I don’t know about short barrel rifles and no pistols now) and it gets shipped through Canada post(my local town doesn’t deliver to the door cause it’s too small but I pick them up at the post office(19 or older with a signature)

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RP4LFR@reddit

See now this is the kind of thing I wish the states had… we have to go to a fucking gun store 😩

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zw1616@reddit

Atleast you can make some friends while buying firearms. I personally would rather buy from a store, get the feel for it prior to purchase and if there is anything wrong I can just bring it back to said store and get it fixed or sent for warranty for free

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RP4LFR@reddit

True, but it really depends where you’re at in the country a lot of these stores in the south run by a bunch of funds… not all of them but of course you get a lot of fudds who go into gun stores. Plus, a lot of people are not exactly thrilled about filling out a 4473.

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zw1616@reddit

Yeah I like showing my firearm licence and reviving my new gun. No paperwork is the best paperwork

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Royal-Employment-925@reddit

Loose? Are you sure about that?

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zw1616@reddit

Huh? I already owned the typo but thanks ya twat😂

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2bad-2care@reddit

Or lose them!

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zw1616@reddit

Picked up my typo thanks lol

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

Everything listed minus the SKS was already on the g4/g46 amendment list. They already know.

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walmarttshirt@reddit

Why is the revolver illegal?

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

It's not technically illegal but you can't import them and you can't buy and sell handguns anymore, so the only people who can have/use them are people who had one prior to 2022.

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0nly_Up@reddit

What's the deal with the antique being allowed? Is there a production year cutoff? Or is it because of the double action on the 686?

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tyler111762@reddit

production year cutoff

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Paulsur@reddit

How does anyone know if you had had one prior to 2022 or not?

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

Pistols are registered here, you buy it then the store transfers it to you, which the government records, before you can take possession of it.

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claybryse@reddit

That isn’t actually true. The 4473 you do is the only evidence of what firearm you purchased and that stays with the FFL until they close, then they are all shipped to an ATF warehouse. The background check the FFL does only asks whether you are allowed to purchase a type of firearm (rifle, shotgun, handgun, other). It is actually illegal for the feds to keep a digital copy of your 4473s when the FFL is closed as well and all of it is still paper.

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

We're talking about an entirely different country bud

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claybryse@reddit

Oh shit my bad

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c_clanton@reddit

You are talking about the United States. Everyone else is talking about Canada.

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nukey18mon@reddit

He was just anticipating for the impending annexation

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Worried_Community594@reddit

Wut?

I'm actually kinda looking forward to the healthcare, french fries and gravy, decent maple syrup, but I don't know if I'm willing to give up the cool guns I have.

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LuckyNumberS13V3N@reddit

All handguns are registered here. Not just when you buy it, but when it comes into the country. They know what dealer had it, who imported it, who bought it. Any link in that chain that is broken means the last one in legal possession gets jail time.
It's not like the grandfathered bans on mags or ARs in the States. You can't just pick one up elsewhere and swear you always had it. Everything is tracked and registered, specifically for this purpose. This is why registration ALWAYS leads to confiscation

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chemicalgeekery@reddit

To add: The way the government "banned" handguns wasn't an outright ban. That's because they still haven't figured out how to confiscate the guns they banned in 2020 almost 4 years later. The cost estimate for that ban has soared to over $1B, and some estimates for the entire program are up to $5B. For about 250,000 or so rifles in total (though the actual number isn't known)

There are over million legally owned handguns in the country. So even though handguns are registered, they know that the cost and logistics involved in actually banning and confiscating them make it impossible.

So what they did is amend the law to say that "a registration certificate for a handgun must not be issued to an inidvidual"

That means that now it's impossible to legally transfer ownership of a handgun to someone else. A legal owner can't sell his handguns to anyone else, and it's now impossible for someone to legally buy a handgun.

So the government now doesn't have to go and confiscate handguns and pay compensation for them. They just have to wait for the owner to die, then the estate is forced their to turn them in for destruction. With zero compensation.

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wpgffs@reddit

This will cost us more than last time when they implemented the long gun registry.

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zw1616@reddit

Even the sks was on that list

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dannysmackdown@reddit

Thankfully the natives saved us on that one. Common indigenous w

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

I am pretty sure it was one of very very few semiautos that wasn't.

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zw1616@reddit

With the rumours of this pinned magazine ban the sks could be at risk once again

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zw1616@reddit

It was a part of the c-21 list that was withdrawn including the garand and m1-carbines. Thank fully Canadian firearm owners and many native groups spoke up and put it away for now

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Shitmonkey5425@reddit

Sks was on it, probably why the amendment got pulled tbh

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zw1616@reddit

Good point:(

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yourfavouritevillain@reddit

The smith and Wesson 686 revolver isn’t illegal. You just have to have owned it before the “freeze”

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Distinct_Page_9628@reddit

True but the freeze is definitely permanent so basically a ban

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yourfavouritevillain@reddit

Yeah for new owners for sure. But if you own pistols you can still legally use them.

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Large_Cranberry1674@reddit

Unfortunately there is a flaw in your logic. People do not live forever. There is an expiration date. And there is no way to give your chrome S and W $1,500 fancy revolver to your kid to enjoy.

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yourfavouritevillain@reddit

It’s a freeze on new transfers. If you currently have pistols registered in your name you are free to use them. It’s not my logic. It’s what the government decided.

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AdNo1218@reddit

So my father wants to give his Webley mkvi from 1917 that's been passed down through the generations before his time expires. I'm getting my PAL/RPAL in a week. I've been told to disarm or surrender it. Is there any way around this? This law is BS.

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Dexcessive@reddit

Can’t forget the AK vs Valmet

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

AK - illegal

Type 56 (Chinese licensed version of the AK) - illegal

Valmet (Finnish gun based on a Polish licensed version of the AK) - legal

Galil (Israeli design based on the Valmet) - illegal

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GlassCanner@reddit

Isn't the Mini Thirty legal too?

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Sonoda_Kotori@reddit

Banned in 2020.

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ErikTheRed99@reddit

Oh look, there's a Valmet in my helmet.

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Dexcessive@reddit

You love to see it

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itsallgoodman100@reddit

Weird.

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stay-frosty-67@reddit

Dude our government is trying to find every possible way it can ban firearms. I hate them so much. They rigged the last election and when our version of the FBI put out it’s evidence about it the liberal government tried to have some people criminally prosecuted

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itsallgoodman100@reddit

My grandmother was born in Quebec and immigrated to New England as small child at the turn of the last century. Despite all of the problems here in the US, I can say I’m glad they left Canada. Join us. We need folks like you.

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stay-frosty-67@reddit

I really want to move to the states

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EquivalentGur8975@reddit

CANUS was always going to be a thing anyway, so hopefully when the US and Canada unite, this won't be a problem anymore.

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Gamer_Rink_3141@reddit

The us and Canada won’t be united anytime soon unfortunately

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ShaneGwaltney@reddit

Reasonable 🙃

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rancher1@reddit

THEY HAVE ACRS?!?!

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kcexactly@reddit

This is why I don’t live in Canada. I just saw a Canadian cop say you can’t post doorbell videos of package thieves in Canada because they are presumed innocent. What the fuck is going in up there?

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Holiday_Adeptness_28@reddit

Who cares get both liscence's same day and it doesn't matter does it. Just can't order full auto shit from Texas (they won't ship,trust me) even with non full auto pinning and semmi auto . I can't even remember if the triple burst is legal here anymore. . But who needs it I shoot targets ... That's all .

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Unusual-Ad-1056@reddit

Do what?? lol

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el_muerte28@reddit

Why is the 686 illegal?

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

It's not technically illegal but you can't import them and you can't buy and sell handguns anymore, so the only people who can have/use them are people who had one prior to 2022.

The one on the right is legal because it's an "antique"

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firearmresearch00@reddit

That makes more sense. I thought they flat out banned the 686 by name or something wacky

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kapanak@reddit

They're certainly working towards such a thing slowly. It's a confiscation that works by waiting out current owners. They just didn't have the political will or the public support to outright ban over a million legally owned handguns right away, so they just froze all imports, sales and transfers back in October 2022, and put it in legislation just this past December 2023.

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Zzombee@reddit

I hope there are some guns that may be lost in unfortunate boating accidents in the coming years.

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Magic-Levitation@reddit

Would a gun trust work in Canada? In the states, you can create a gun trust naming multiple people as the beneficiaries. You can add and remove beneficiaries as much as you want. You could name your kids and the guns would pass to them. Could be a work around, but unsure of Canadian law.

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stannis_the_mannis7@reddit

The government is trying to have a mAnDatOry bUyBaCk (confiscation) to take all these guns. The handgun freeze also freezes the transfer of handguns so they can’t be given to others when you die

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

No, all handguns are nearly-illegal, I just included that one specifically due to its visual similarity to the legal but much older antique gun.

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Strykr-AU@reddit

In Australia: gun look like gun? Ban.

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KevinsSmellyDogRuby@reddit

I’ve always preferred the ACR over the SCAR.

Fight me.

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BlurryEyed@reddit

Greetings from California! Welcome to the party pal

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bigdick133769@reddit

Fuck your gun laws are even worse than sweden😔

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Due-Net4616@reddit

Just wait until they join the US anti-gunners and try to blanket ban everything. At least you can just avoid their idiocy of banning by name.

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Drunken_Grail@reddit

I thought canada had a short mag rule like cali, like 3 rounds or something, how would stuff like the ACR be legal?

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

Our mags are limited to 5 rounds for centerfire semi auto rifles and 10 rounds for any caliber of pistols.

We can have 30 round mags but they have pins in them that limit them to only hold 5 rounds.

"AR-15 pistol" magazines are allowed up to 10 rounds.

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UnderstandingSoft165@reddit

Unless it’s a denominated a pistol mag

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Drunken_Grail@reddit

Ah, got ya, thanks for answering man!

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Dude_Caveman@reddit

Canada sucks all around anymore

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CompanionDude@reddit

I'm still mad that you get a Chinese in m14 Chambered in X39 and we don't.

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Distinct_Page_9628@reddit

Not only is the colt revolver legal, but you dont even need a gun license for it!

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Carcano_Supremacy@reddit

So how is it determined that the Mini 14 isn’t allowed but the SKS is? What kind of definitions are in place for that to even be possible?

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_BergundyBandanas_@reddit

They ban firearm by model. Also the CZ bren 2 and B&T APC 223/308 are perfectly legal, but I can’t buy a fucking ar15 which does the exact same thing.

I swear they purposely leave us with shitty, overpriced guns to make it a rich man’s “sport”.

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Carcano_Supremacy@reddit

Wow interesting.

Sorry to you guys for having to deal with that, best of luck in Canadian firearms future.

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johnhoj189@reddit

See you don’t understand, it being called a mini 14 actually makes it 19363936% more deadly and dangerous!!!!

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Stewart_Duck@reddit

It shoots 14 mini bullets at once!

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cocuke@reddit

Which makes for a horrifying crime scene. I was saw a police photo where poutine was everywhere. The damage was even worse to all the innocent Molson in the room.

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That_Girl_Cecia@reddit

Canadians are too obedient and subservient to their government. They've got WAY too much British in them. I'm sorry lads. :(

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_BergundyBandanas_@reddit

Yup, it’s like we are a child of the USA and Britain, except we got the shitty genes of moms gun laws

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Blue_Brindle@reddit

Yeah, makes complete sense

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dabbed1720@reddit

See thats because they want you to carry a Smith and wesson 4973 like your Mounties

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dabbed1720@reddit

Sorry idk why I said 4973 meant 5946

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LectureAdditional971@reddit

Hey, they may take your freedoms, but at least they don't apply logic.

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FlieGerFaUstMe262@reddit

They make take your land, they may take your lives, they may take your freedom, but they will never take, your logic!

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PrometheanEngineer@reddit

Wow you guys have better gun laws than my state! Congrats!

Maybe I'll move to canada?

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transmission612@reddit

Stay and fix your state.

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PrometheanEngineer@reddit

BHAAHA fix CT?

We have worse gun laws than CA...

There's no fixing this state... not even to mention I hate it here. I moved here from MA to be closer to work and I regret it deeply.

Fixing MA is a worthy cause though - although being so close to NH - wife and I are debating just going there

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Perfid-deject@reddit

And it's crazy because Justin borque used a norinco SKS

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Infanttree@reddit

Why the fuck would you decide to make this?

Take it down, they dont need you doing their homework for them.

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Altruistic-Cat-4193@reddit

But they can’t ban plumbing supplies

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TheBoom1001@reddit

Broo Brazil guns laws is more confusing than this

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crayon_consoomer@reddit

What is going on with that sks, are my eyes giving out on me, or does it look a bit funky, and no I dont just mean the bigger magazine

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GASTRO_GAMING@reddit

Wtf my 686 is illegal in canada, i thought that shit was regulation proof, thank god i dont have a ~~queen~~ king over me

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spoosejuice@reddit

I’d love to have more liberty loving immigrants move to the USA, but I feel for those left behind

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

I've looked into it extensively but y'all don't want me unless I am a star athlete or doctor lmao

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BlackICEE32oz@reddit

Just pretend to be Jim Carrey. We literally can't tell the difference.

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SecureAd4101@reddit

Just cross the border illegally and claim asylum.

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spoosejuice@reddit

Get to training

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ExplorerEnjoyer@reddit

The type 81 is not even comparable to the SVD, it’s a type 81 with a full stock

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sHoRtBuSseR@reddit

Next they should try banning the part where they sell the mineral rights to the largest lithium deposit on the entire continent to China for pennies.

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ToastedWhiteOakCask@reddit

Why is the mini-14 illegal?

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

Mini-14 was used in a mass shooting in Canada. Because that was definitely the gun's fault, not the perpetrator.

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sHoRtBuSseR@reddit

But I thought the united states was the only country with mass shootings!

/s obvs

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Bovaloe@reddit

Do you still get cheap svt-40s?

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Shitmonkey5425@reddit

They are like $1200 cad now, cheaper sure, but none of us can afford housing anymore so it’s redundant

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Armedfist@reddit

You can thank bill c68

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Professional_Half449@reddit

Fun fact. Most of the rifles they make up there are absolute dogshit. The ar180s break drive rods. Dislodge gas blocks. Tilting carriers. Breaking carriers in the Raven. The t81, t97, Tavor, x95, those work. It's a sad state of affairs. I'm hoping PSA JAKL uppers get the greenlight to fit the AR180 lowers for them to have working modern rifles.

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Gews@reddit

Yes, these Canadian-180s are made to a price point, for recreational shooters, by small businesses, and the Type 81, Type 97, Tavor, SKS, etc, were designed by skilled small arms engineers for military service. People are used to low prices of surplus weapons or AR-15s which have economy of scale behind them. I wouldn't expect the 180s to be reliable from these inexperienced companies at these bottom barrel prices.

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Professional_Half449@reddit

The price point being as expensive as a good rifle that works, pertaining to the Canadian cope rifles. The wk180 is 1500, Templars are 2k-5k for the ".308" we can get BRN180s for 1k, JAKLs for 1k. Bullpup are still expensive, but they typically run. It's just the Canadian garbage sticks that are way overpriced and poorly built.

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RidinCaliBuffalos@reddit

How is the mini 14 illegal? Sks is bigger round and is legal? Crazy legislators not knowing anything

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Shitmonkey5425@reddit

The big two Canadian mass shootings involved the mini 14 so it’s like super extra evil, I read that the école polytechnic shooter had fucked with his mini 14 to try and make it full auto but it just ended up being a straight pull, could be wrong though

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EvilWhiteVanMan@reddit

There is no reason behind it. It's prohibited because they can.

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Divenity@reddit

They banned A REGULAR FUCKING REVOLVER?

There's no slippery slope guys, promise!

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

All revolvers, and handguns.

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LeviathanTwentyFive@reddit

Me as a californian looking enviously

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Fireball7961@reddit

Friend of mine has a gsg .22 with a 30 round mag, in Canada, which would be an nfa sbr here in the US, I laugh at the stupidity of both countries laws.

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FashionGuyMike@reddit

What’s the difference between the top two ARs?

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TheGreatTesticle@reddit

The shoulder thing doesn't go up on the legal one.

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

The one on the right isn’t an AR. It looks like an AR, it takes AR parts (except for anything on the receiver), it is a direct impingement 5.56 semi auto but it’s technically not an AR so it’s legal.

The new upper they just came out with also has a forward assist that looks and functions exactly like an AR

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SkinnyStock@reddit

So then how is it not an AR?

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PrairieBiologist@reddit

Proprietary bolt carrier and single piece receiver. Basically the minimum changes the government would accept as not an AR.

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SkinnyStock@reddit

Thank you for actually providing an answer!

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

It's not a single piece receiver, it's upper and lower like the AR.

If you want the actual answer as to why it's legal: the Raven was originally offered as a 9mm PCC, the 5.56 model was created with a different upper/barrel that swaps onto the lower of the 9mm model. This made it a "variant" of the 9mm model, which the RCMP acknowledged, meaning it's not a variant of the AR-15.

It looks and functions exactly like an AR-15 but everything is just a bit different. Dimensions are different, receiver parts are not interchangeable, etc.

The ATRS Modern Sporter (also on this list) tried the same thing but they went straight to the 5.56, rather than starting with the 9mm model like Lockhart did, so the RCMP accused them of just making a copycat AR-15 and sent them a cease and desist. Their case is currently in court which is why I put possibly illegal.

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PrairieBiologist@reddit

I’ve looked into them because I want one and have just been waiting for enough other people to review them first. They make a model in .308 as well.

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

What do you mean single piece receiver?

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spoosejuice@reddit

I’m not familiar with that rifle, but I’m guessing that the upper and lower receiver is one piece unlike the AR15 which has a separate lower and upper receiver.

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

No - I own one and it has a separate upper and lower.

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spoosejuice@reddit

Then I don’t know

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

I think that's what the guy meant, but he is wrong.

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PrairieBiologist@reddit

This guy got it.

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

No - I own one and it has a separate upper and lower.

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

It doesn't say AR-15 anywhere on it lol

idk ask the government

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RidinCaliBuffalos@reddit

None of mine do either though...

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jason2k@reddit

I think they purposely didn’t ban the 180 because it doesn’t work.

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LilFuniAZNBoi@reddit

Why is the Scar illegal but the ACR is? Because it was fielded?

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AmaryIIion@reddit

Looks like they hate the popular stuff. Everyone knows what a scar is, so obviously it needs to be banned.

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

Not the slightest clue lol

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TommyT45@reddit

“Possibly illegal” makes me sad

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ZeeMan380@reddit

This is hilarious 🤣

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tylermm03@reddit

Are Colt SMG’s such as the 633 and 635 legal? They don’t have many interchangeable parts with an AR. Also is the 10/22 still allowed up there?

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3202supsaW@reddit (OP)

I didn't know about the Colt ones so I checked the FRT - illegal.

10/22s are allowed.

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tylermm03@reddit

I had no idea what the FRT is, and holy jumping Jesus on a breadstick 842 pages of banned firearms is fucking ridiculous. I thought I was going to have it if I still lived in Massachusetts but god was I wrong. In Mass at least you can have pre 1994 stuff, but you guys get literally no options whatsoever.

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