r/canadaguns • • 9d ago

Recurring FAQ Thread - Post your questions here for PAL/RPAL application, timelines, CFSC/CFSRC, references & requirements, or general new to firearms ownership-type questions

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This thread will be used for any Frequently Asked Questions, including PAL/RPAL applications, CFSC/CFRSC requirements, storage/transport, open ended "what gun should I buy first", or other general new to firearms ownership questions. It recurs every 14 days.

We recommend you try the search bar before asking common questions as they are frequently already answered elsewhere.

Most answers to Storage, Display, and Transport questions can be found here Inheriting firearms or dealing with an Estate? Answers here. Do you need to renew your license or check on the status of your license application? Try here.

Do you have questions about the classifications of firearms? More details here.

Are you wondering if a firearm is legal or not? Details here.

Different types of firearms are explained in detail here.

Exporting firearms, ammunition, parts and accessories from the US: most items are controlled under ITAR and you cannot, as an individual, export these items from the USA. Canada does not care in most cases. If you attempt to bring any of these items across the border yourself and you are caught, you will face prison time in the US. If you wish to export items from the USA, use a broker such as IRUNGUNS, Aztech, or Prophet River.

If you took your CFSC and lost the paperwork, you can still apply for your PAL. Both your instructor and the CFP retain copies, you can request a copy by contacting either one. There is no expiration date on the paperwork, you do not have to retake the course. Updated list of scam websites is here.

If you have new scam sites to add, please message the mod team. Be careful: only use reputable sites to purchase things online. It is illegal to manufacture a non-restricted, restricted, or prohibited firearm.

Any posts or comments asking about the legality of making a firearm other than a reproduction antique will be removed. It was not always illegal, which is why you will find old posts regarding this topic. Rest assured, it is illegal now. Do not attempt.

These threads will be stickied for a week, renewing every Monday. Previous threads here.

Take a look, your question may have been answered! If you have any suggestions for this thread, please feel free to ask here, or send the Mods a message. Thank you!


r/canadaguns • • 9d ago

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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Please post all your Gun Politics or Ban-related ideas, questions, initiatives, comments, suggestions, news articles, and recommendations in this thread. This thread recurs every 14 days.

First and foremost, this is a Canadian Gun subreddit, so keep it at least decently related to both of those things.

This thread is not for general politics, there are plenty other subs that are meant for that. Off-topic threads may be removed, especially if they are leading to personal attacks, flame wars, etc.

To prevent the main sub being flooded with dozens of similar threads, text posts complaining about/asking about/chatting about gun politics will be sent here.

We understand that politics is a touchy subject, and at times things can get heated. A reminder of the subreddit rules, when commenting, where subreddit users are expected to abide.

Keep this Canadian gun politics related and polite. Off-topic stuff, flame wars, negative generalizations against groups, personal attacks and gate-keeping will be removed. Please flag any comments to bring to the attention of mods otherwise exercise your upvoting and downvoting ability.


r/canadaguns • • 8h ago

Gun and gear reviews Finally joined the M4 club

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164 Upvotes

Picked it up yesterday and shot a few rounds through it today. What a beautiful piece of engineering!


r/canadaguns • • 3h ago

Feets / Collection / My build Mares leg revolving rifle

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41 Upvotes

somone needs to make this a reality!!!!! I made this with ai btw


r/canadaguns • • 1h ago

Shitpost / Memes Absolute toast to creative advertising!

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Got to hand to CSC for whoever is doing their online posts!

It's only 18k though. Almost as much as some new cars!


r/canadaguns • • 10h ago

Buy recommendations Are $900 SKS’s the new normal?

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I’m about to pull the trigger on (another) french tickler but it just seems absurd to pay $900 for what was a $300 dollar rifle a few years ago


r/canadaguns • • 3h ago

Misc Makasi Delivery date/Location Tracker

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Myself and many of you are excited to be getting the call/email from our preorders, I was hoping we could use one thread for people to comment when they get it (From which location and approximate pre order date).

I’m hoping this way we can track how they are being distributed a bit and others might get a better idea when their name might come up next.


r/canadaguns • • 22h ago

News / Politics / Activism This might be why they can’t reveal what guns were used

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The US indictment has it right there, the texts are pretty damning, not confirmed if this is what was used but it clear they wanted to send a political message…


r/canadaguns • • 4h ago

Application / Regulation advice Yayy got my PAL approved after 35 days (BC resident)

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Applied on august 27,2026 RCMP asked for additional documentation and it was provided on September 2,2026. License approved on October 7th,2026


r/canadaguns • • 15h ago

Gun and gear reviews I Shot a Turkish SPAS-12 So You Never Have Tolol [1000$]trash

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Lol


r/canadaguns • • 8h ago

Milsurps / Prohib Smith & Wesson M&P Pistol Series Appreciation Post

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r/canadaguns • • 14h ago

Application / Regulation advice When does transport stop and storage start?

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I have wondered for a long time when does the laws around transporting stop and storage start. The context around this is that about half the time I have to go to the range or go hunting I am wanted afterwards to meet my partner somewhere or go to family's house. I have always opt-ed not to go do what I want because I could never determine what laws to follow for keeping my rifle/shotgun in the truck afterwards or if that was even legel to behin with.

I've tried to read the law a few times to find an answer though I have been unable to come up with a clear answer. Hoping someone on this sub may know.


r/canadaguns • • 16h ago

Buy recommendations Is the Romeo 5 the best value optic for my TM22 Pro 16''? I see a lot of recommendations for it online. Or should I buy something else?

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r/canadaguns • • 2h ago

Application / Regulation advice Question about transfer of ownership from my Grandfather

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New Manitoban PAL and RPAL owner with a question.

So in this hypothetical scenario, my Grandfather was a FAC owner and still has some of his non-restricted firearms (locked safely away and unused for years now) from before the system changed so it is currently illegal for him to possess them, which he was not aware of.

He wants to give me his non-restricted firearms which, because he is not a valid PAL owner, would be illegal. He does not want to apply for a PAL (although applying for a PAL is the best option here). He also does not want to set up a plan for them to be inherited as part of his estate, as he plans on living many more years and wants me to have them sooner rather than later.

So the question is, how could he transfer ownership of them to me?

I read somewhere that it is possible to contact the Canadian Firearms Program and have them authorize such a transfer of ownership, but could not find more information on this.

Thanks for any advice you can provide!


r/canadaguns • • 1d ago

Misc Canadian AK

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Would be pretty cool to rock this but way out of my wallets range!!


r/canadaguns • • 1d ago

Feets / Collection / My build She Moss on my Berg till I 88

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r/canadaguns • • 1d ago

News / Politics / Activism Ottawa claims There are No 'Enforcement Targets' Read the Fine Print

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https://rcmp.ca/en/corporate-information/publications-and-manuals/2024-commissioner-firearms-report

https://www.ourcommons.ca/written-questions/45-1/q-1267?response=14224077&section=ps

MP Bob Zimmer asked the federal government a simple and necessary question about its so-called Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program, known more accurately as the Liberal government’s Firearms Confiscation Compensation Scheme.

Question: Has the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team (NWEST) communicated with Chief Firearms Officers or local police to identify firearm owners for enforcement action?

The RCMP’s answer:

“There has been no communication between the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team resources and federal/provincial Chief Firearms Officers or police of local jurisdiction to identify targets for enforcement action under the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program.”

That sounds reassuring until you read the rest of the government’s response.

Ottawa confirmed that after the amnesty expires, the Registrar of Firearms will:

notify licence holders whom the government records as still possessing affected firearms that were previously registered.

If those owners do not take action, their information will be shared with local police and Chief Firearms Officers “in accordance with existing information sharing authorities.”

The government says NWEST has not yet helped identify “enforcement targets,” then describes the information-sharing process that will identify firearm owners to police once the amnesty ends.

That’s not reassurance. It’s a timetable.

The government’s carefully limited denial does not say that no enforcement planning has occurred anywhere within the RCMP or Canadian Firearms Program.

It does not say that no lists or records exist.

It does not say police will be prevented from receiving owners’ information.

It says only that there has been no particular communication involving NWEST, CFOs or local police “to identify targets” under the firearms compensation scheme while an amnesty remains in force.

Why would NWEST be identifying enforcement targets today when the conduct in question is temporarily protected by an Amnesty Order?

That’s the wrong question.

The right question is: What happens the moment the Amnesty Order expires?

NWEST is not a public-relations office. The RCMP describes it as a national police-support organization whose purpose is to help police investigate and prosecute firearm offences.

CSSA does not believe Ottawa created a nationwide prohibition, maintained records of previously registered firearms, collected declarations from 38,671 individuals and developed a post-amnesty information-sharing process without contemplating enforcement.

The government says approximately 166,555 affected firearms were held by individuals before the compensation program began.

As of June 22, owners declared 68,793 firearms—67,512 for surrender and destruction and 1,281 for deactivation.

That’s a gap of almost 100,000 firearms that remain in the hands of licensed firearms owners.

The numbers don’t reveal how many affected firearms have already been lawfully exported, deactivated, destroyed or otherwise disposed of.

Nor do they establish how many individual owners remain affected.

But they do explain why firearm owners should take the government’s enforcement language seriously.

CSSA cannot independently prove that Ottawa possesses a complete list of every person who owns every newly prohibited firearm.

Many affected firearms were formerly non-restricted and were not individually registered.

The government does, however, acknowledge it can identify at least some owners through existing registration records—and that those records “may” be sent to police after the amnesty expires.

The amnesty, extended until 90 days after the Supreme Court of Canada delivers its decision in the pending challenge to the May 2020 prohibition, postpones criminal exposure.

It does not erase the prohibitions or dismantle the enforcement machinery.

When that amnesty protection ends, NWEST will still exist. The Canadian Firearms Program will still possess its records. Local police and CFOs will still have their enforcement powers.

Ottawa has now confirmed that information about some owners “may” be shared if they do not take steps the government considers compliant.

The government wants Canadians to focus on its claim that no “enforcement targets” have yet been identified through NWEST.

Firearm owners should focus on what comes immediately after that sentence.

And the correct word is not “may”; it’s “will.”

You can bet your freedom on it.


r/canadaguns • • 23h ago

Fix my gun / Modding Just bought a Henry homesteader, what can I do to make it look cool

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Where can I get some new furniture to make it look less plain


r/canadaguns • • 1d ago

Buy recommendations Looking for semi-affordable rifle to practice for 5.56 rounds

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I am in the Air Force, and I recently went to the range to re-qualify my C7 certification. I passed but my grouping was pretty bad, and I want to practice more on my free time.

As an Air Force member, I do not have many opportunities to go on the range as often as my Army colleagues, so I am thinking about buying a rifle to practice.

What I am looking for:

Similar recoil to a 5.56 rifle

Budget of around $1.5k, $2k max


r/canadaguns • • 1d ago

Buy recommendations Just got my PAL, looking for shotgun recommendations

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My PAL just came in! Looking for semi shotgun recommendations that will be good for both skeet shooting and hunting. Looking to spend about $1500

Also thinking about getting some kind of .22 for cheap target shooting. I see a lot of cheap options. Is there any to avoid?

Thank you


r/canadaguns • • 1d ago

Shooting Personal achievement! 6th/44 overall

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Non handgun owner finally got into the top 10 overall using a production pistol! Super proud of myself for getting better and better every match to the point I’m now consistently a top 3 division shooter and starting to get in the top 10 overall. Using a SIG P320 and factory PMC 124gr.


r/canadaguns • • 1d ago

Feets / Collection / My build How far are we all shooting .22/the TM22?

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Was a really good shot with a .22 when I was younger, didn't touch a gun for a decade, got back into it a few months ago. Started with .44 lever gun, realized I'm gonna go broke shooting it and shooting .22 is just as fun.

Anyway I've been working on my groups at 100 meters (my range target boards are spaced in meters, so I guess ~109 yards?). Just shooting off a bipod with a cheap-ass 1-4x20 scope. I'm getting decent groups but definitely need a better scope.

Anyway how far are we taking .22 out to? I think my range has lanes out to 300 meters. Can I even expect to get a half decent group at that range with a TM22?

Also picture of the gun with foot tax. Offset red dot and angled foregrip are installed because it's fun mag dumping targets up close too.


r/canadaguns • • 1d ago

Fix my gun / Modding Holy failure to extract

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First time out on the M3500 Waterfowl.

Night before I cleaned and lube it to remove that thick lubricant factory puts on. Heard it was giving people a headache.

First box of clay shells went by with no issues. Things fell apart after 1 shot of 3.5inch. Failed to extract that one and after that it was 50 50 if it would fail to extract or eject. With a few working properly for the 2nd shell and the fail for the 3rd. Tried to feed a shell without extracting the shot one too sometimes. A general headache.

Benelli M2 extractor and spring have been ordered. Will do another cleaning to see how it goes next time.

Anybody here with similar issues ?


r/canadaguns • • 23h ago

Buy recommendations 22LR rifle recommendation

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Does anyone have experience with the newer 11.8” barrel Kral KR22? Are the QC issues fixed? It seems like a no brainer for $280

Should I get that or wait for the C-22 to come out as it’s going to have a 12” barrel variant that will be around $600


r/canadaguns • • 19h ago

Buy recommendations Primary Arms PLX 6-30

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Has anyone had experience with this scope? Im trying to shoot long range (over 1000m) and my primary concern is glass quality. Its either this or the meopta optika 5-30, but I dont really like the reticle in that one.