A question for the Canadians on there gun laws

[Curt]

what years were you allowed to own carbines and when did they change the min. barrel length? I heard that a barrel extension was allowed to be added and later on the barrel had to be replaced with a longer than GI length? What happened to the carbines with the barrel extensions?

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[tiriaq]

The 18 1/2" law came into effect in 1978. Prior to that, a M-1 carbine was just another rifle. A carbine with a standard barrel became subject to the same restrictions as a handgun.
For a while, "permanent" barrel extensions were accepted.
Policy has changed, and extensions are no longer acceptable.
Carbines with extended barrels became classified as "restricted", same basic classification as a handgun. Some were appropriately registered. Some were rebarrelled. No doubt some were never registered.
A carbine with an extended barrel, which has not been registered as a restricted firearm would be illegal, and possession would be an offence.

[browningautorifle]

The carbine thing went back and forth for a few years because of government. First registered because of barrel length under 18 1/2 inches and semi auto center fire. Then de-registered altogether. About 1978 or so. Then back to registered and that's when we started changing barrels. Then flash hiders and muzzle brakes were welded on. Then the extensions came and were usually mauser barrel stub sweated on and machined down. Then the rifling had to touch and the '03 barrel stubs were used.

The point is, lots of carbines still exist here in their original forms and are registered and shot regularly. We have to block the magazine to five rounds so one needs a hundred mags to be able to have fun on the range.

The carbines with the barrel extensions were mostly over looked until they were re-registered, so you won't find too many. The weld on attachments were changed almost immediately because they stood out. Now it doesn't matter if it's a fourty foot barrel because they're all registered so it might as well be an original carbine. I just sold my last one about six months ago and I've been though about twenty.

[Curt]

I ran into one recently with the inch long machined perfectly machined extension hard soldered on.Just wondering what era that was. Thanks!

[browningautorifle]

Probably done early. Now no one cares about barrel length because everything has been registered as of '98 I think it was...

[tiriaq]

Well, barrel length is important, because if a short carbine is restricted, it can only be used at a range, and only under the authority of an Authorization to Transport.
Rebarrelled with an 18 1/2" plus barrel, its just another rifle.

[browningautorifle]

Maybe it's important to you but not me.