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Originally Posted by Bruce Parker
Just to be clear and say it....these dischargers are cut down rifles and are very prohibited and illegal in Canada. They must be deactivated to the firearms guidelines and pinned and welded as mine are.
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Debatable.
Yes, the FART says that the gun is prohib.
It is kind of a loaded question as to what is illegal about them. The receiver itself is not substantially different than a regular non-restricted Enfield or Ross. It will be due to the barrel being cut down. But is it? Are these original barrels that have been cut and machined, or new barrels that were made for the purpose of the smoke discharger. If new, and the length is more than 104mm from the breech face to the end of the barrel, then, the barrel is would not be prohibited device. Bit if it was an original barrel, and it has been shortened to below 18", then the barrel is a prohibited device.
What I did to get around all of this was first to oblong the bore of the short barrel so if a round was fired, the gas would merely escape beside the bullet. If the gun cannot achieve the required velocity, then it is not registrable here in Canada. I also pin the barrel so that it cannot accept a live round, but only the shorter 303 blank. This method was also used by on the blank fire brens at one time to prevent live rounds from being chambered in a blank fire barrel. If the gun cannot fire a round that will cause bodily harm, then it is not a firearm. I pin the barrel to the receiver so the barrel cannot be replaced.
Voila, capable of blank fire but not a firearm.
The Deactivation guidelines are just that, and a judge already ruled that they have no force of law in Canada. What the law does say, is if the gun can easily be made to fire a projectile and cause bodily harm.
Let the debate begin, but that is my take on the smoke dis-chargers in Canada.