I've been searching for awhile now for a De Lisle carbine and hit many a dead end and false promise. Stumbled across this thread:

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=51200

and thought this might be a good forum to ask if anyone knows how I might be able to either find one for sale (been diligent around GB,etc), import one (non NFA of course), or have someone build one in the US. Read that since there is a tube around a barrel, that it's a non-starter for importation, since the tube is considered a suppressor by ATF, even though the barrel is continuous and extends past the end cap, making the tube in effect a hand guard. Makes zero sense to me, since you have a similar setup with the Kriss Vector carbine with the barrel actually being slightly recessed into the hollow shroud.
I've got a pristine No. 1 Mk III for a donor, just not the capability. Any help, advice, direction would be greatly appreciated.
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