Calgary, Alberta, Canada here.
Looking with great interest at the 6.5G.
Here the AR-15 is restricted meaning range toys only. Can't hunt with it, or shoot it on your private property at the farm or in the woods. 5 years in jail if caught. Barrel length doesn't matter either, though other semi-autos become restricted at less than 18.5 inches.
In Canada we have a bunch of others that are non-restricted which are similar, AR-180B, Tavor, SU-16 and a couple of in country manufacturers producing A Modern Hunter and Modern Varminter which combine attributes of the FAL (prohibited here, if you didn't have one when they banned it you ain't getting one now and if you do have one it's not even going to the range to shoot it....safe queen....and when you die it gets confiscated by the state and destroyed) and the AR-15 with a hefty price tag minimum of $3K and many go up to $5K depending on options.
This brings me to this. This past week a new manufacturer has introduced an upper and lower receiver set which is not an AR-15 but will take any and all AR-15 parts and accessories!! It went to the RCMP test lab to get approval and they duct tape it to an AR-15 receiver and try and make it go bang and as well full auto. If if does not then you are granted permission to manufacture.
This is all hot off the press and we in Canada are very excited about this. Of course just an upper and lower stripped reciver set is $ 1,000 but as we can't hunt with an AR this opens up a host of possibilities.
The beauty of the AR-15 system is of course it's modularity as we all know. .223 for varmints, 6.5 G for deer and say 458 SOCOM for bear and moose. Using a firearm for HD is verboten here. You can, but you will be charged and spend all your money in court to maybe get it dropped but by then you are financially ruined, and still get sued by the "victim's" family.
So I have been researching various calibers in the AR-15 family as i can install any such barrel on this upper and shoot and hunt with it with no restrictions. This is a game changer here. I first looked at 300 BLK but then stumbled upon the 6.5G and find it superior in every way for my needs.
Here to learn what I can about it. I handload as well so will be doing so for this caliber.
Probably at least a year away from this but still.
That is all!
Looking with great interest at the 6.5G.
Here the AR-15 is restricted meaning range toys only. Can't hunt with it, or shoot it on your private property at the farm or in the woods. 5 years in jail if caught. Barrel length doesn't matter either, though other semi-autos become restricted at less than 18.5 inches.
In Canada we have a bunch of others that are non-restricted which are similar, AR-180B, Tavor, SU-16 and a couple of in country manufacturers producing A Modern Hunter and Modern Varminter which combine attributes of the FAL (prohibited here, if you didn't have one when they banned it you ain't getting one now and if you do have one it's not even going to the range to shoot it....safe queen....and when you die it gets confiscated by the state and destroyed) and the AR-15 with a hefty price tag minimum of $3K and many go up to $5K depending on options.
This brings me to this. This past week a new manufacturer has introduced an upper and lower receiver set which is not an AR-15 but will take any and all AR-15 parts and accessories!! It went to the RCMP test lab to get approval and they duct tape it to an AR-15 receiver and try and make it go bang and as well full auto. If if does not then you are granted permission to manufacture.
This is all hot off the press and we in Canada are very excited about this. Of course just an upper and lower stripped reciver set is $ 1,000 but as we can't hunt with an AR this opens up a host of possibilities.
The beauty of the AR-15 system is of course it's modularity as we all know. .223 for varmints, 6.5 G for deer and say 458 SOCOM for bear and moose. Using a firearm for HD is verboten here. You can, but you will be charged and spend all your money in court to maybe get it dropped but by then you are financially ruined, and still get sued by the "victim's" family.
So I have been researching various calibers in the AR-15 family as i can install any such barrel on this upper and shoot and hunt with it with no restrictions. This is a game changer here. I first looked at 300 BLK but then stumbled upon the 6.5G and find it superior in every way for my needs.
Here to learn what I can about it. I handload as well so will be doing so for this caliber.
Probably at least a year away from this but still.
That is all!
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