Building

[k2x5]

Hi All,

Just wondering if it is legal to build your own Airsoft rifles or not. If it is, what kind of muzzle velocity and ammunition regulations are there for airsoft? I'm not interested in selling the rifles, just in personal manufacturing.

Thanks.

[ToRN]

noob question.

there is nothing wrong with building your own.

But you wouldn't want to, unless you already know what you are doing, which I am assuming you don't, since you asked this question in the first place.

My reccomendation, buy a TM, it won't do you wrong, but first, get age verified.

[Bob the Angry Potato]

Originally Posted by k2x5

Hi All,

Just wondering if it is legal to build your own Airsoft rifles or not. If it is, what kind of muzzle velocity and ammunition regulations are there for airsoft? I'm not interested in selling the rifles, just in personal manufacturing.

Thanks.

The muzzle velocity HAS to be under 495 FPS, to comply with federal law. However, (in my opinion) you should probably keep it from 280-350 if you want to play Airsoft with it.

[BC_K]

Originally Posted by Bob the Angry Potato

The muzzle velocity HAS to be under 495 FPS, to comply with federal law. However, (in my opinion) you should probably keep it from 280-350 if you want to play Airsoft with it.

Is there not a muzzle energy limit as well? Im pretty sure there is but dont remember what it is.

Anywho. If I may ask, how abouts you planning on building your own gun? Fibreglass? CNC? Ect..

I too am also interested in creating my own gun, well body actually, I'd just put a TM V3 mechbox in it.

[Daes]

Built a piston system from PVC piping. Shot farther than a Crappytire springer but the trigger mechanism was crap. Basically it resembled a breach load; pull back, lock, then flick the arm to release... crappy...

Next project was using an airhorn as an air source. Slow filling, one shot, and 80 psi limit meant that this gun sucked for any speed of reloading.

Next project was a potatoe gun style, small tube, large chamber = BOOM. project was destroyed...

Final Project. Butchered paintall gun with 5 6mm tubes = gernade launcher. Works okay, get about 6-8 shots for each little CO2 cell, lauches about 30-60 feet but due to no o-rings, bb's will slide out...

Conclusion? Just buy the damn Airsoft guns and work from there. The cost of all these projects meant I could have bought a gear box itself...

-Daes-

[Greylocks]

Do you have the proper licenses to build guns? If not, I suggest you check the legal side of this project first.

[ToRN]

Grey, it is perfectly legal to make even a FIREARM in Canada, as long as it is capable of being licensed as a non-restricted or restricted firearm, and you have the proper PAL for that class.

Why would there be any requirement for building your own airsoft gun?

[Tankdude]

Do I have to register my nail gun? My glue gun? My nes gun?

Just because it is called a gun doesn't mean you have to have goverment premission to make it.

If he makes it with intent to break the law, that is another story.

[attack-beaver]

isn't the limit 1 joule???.

[Greylocks]

There are requirements for building a replica from scratch. Check those out. And a PAL wont help you for one second, not even the Prohib Class.

[Conscript]

Originally Posted by attack-beacer

isn't the limit 1 joule???.

Thats in Britain for Airsoft guns. I think the limit here is 500-600FPS which is more than 1 joule when converted.

[ancorp]

The fps limit is 500, the energy limit is 5 or 7j i belive...

Cheers,
Alex

[ToRN]

Grey, if you read my post, I say that building REAL firearms is perfectly legal, I said that

and there IS nothing about building airsoft, people do it all the time. All I am saying, is that you will get in over your head if you don't know what you are doing.

[mcguyver]

actually the requirements for manufacture of a "replica" firearm is spelled out in the cfc website. a license is required with a license fee of $1250 cdn. and you consent to possessing no more than 3 of any one type of replica and an annual accounting of what was built and for whom and periodic random inspections of your facility of manufacture and storage by either the cfo or rcmp. i know cause we looked into this last year and the hassles were too immense so our local retailer just got the F.B.L for prohibited devices instead of the manufacture license. you also need a similar license to manufacture any firearm legally whether or not it is restricted. building a gun from "mail-order" components and assembling yourself falls into this distincttion. remember parts are generally legal(unless specified otherwise ie. silencers) but the receiver of any gun is the regulated part and customs may legally seize an airsoft receiver and there isn't much you can do about it. for the effort,added cost and unwanted gov't scrutiny of a manufactring operation, just buy the gun ready-made from a retailer, check out www.cfc.gc.ca everything you need to know is there.

btw the legal limit for a firearm for the purpose of license and registration is 500 f.p.s. AND 5.8 joules of muzzle energy. both criteria must be met. if you have a gun that shoots 900 f.p.s. with .12g bb let's say but does not have 5.8 joules of muzzle energy, it's not a regulated firearm. period!!!

[ToRN]

for replicas, yes, for airsoft, no. as they are not defined as repilcas.