Sidewalker
Well-Known Member
I think it's absolutely ridiculous that I'm allowed to own a real firearm, needing nothing more than a licence to do so. However a solid resin replica...nope. Laws are weird.
Help finding a Mauser in Canada?
- Thread starter hankey01
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No kidding. I just talked to a guy who bought a real gun in the local buy & sell..easily.
I have 2 plastic replicas of guns (Mal pistol and Indy Revolver) AND a black airsoft gun..so I have 3 prohibited replica firearms!! I didn't even know it was prohibited!
The Indy revolver was purchased in Canada so I didn't have the customs problem, the airsoft I had before I ever heard the word airsoft (given to me by my brother in law) and the Mal pistol was all resin..purchased from a run here a few years ago. Guess I just got lucky with that one!
Edit..Just occurred to me...I have a Fett blaster (made form kit and PVC), Rebel Blaster (repainted toy), and a Stormtrooper blaster (also repainted toy). As a placeholder in my Han Solo's holster I have a repainted toy Naboo blaster I think. Are these all illegal too because they are painted?
I have 2 plastic replicas of guns (Mal pistol and Indy Revolver) AND a black airsoft gun..so I have 3 prohibited replica firearms!! I didn't even know it was prohibited!
The Indy revolver was purchased in Canada so I didn't have the customs problem, the airsoft I had before I ever heard the word airsoft (given to me by my brother in law) and the Mal pistol was all resin..purchased from a run here a few years ago. Guess I just got lucky with that one!
Edit..Just occurred to me...I have a Fett blaster (made form kit and PVC), Rebel Blaster (repainted toy), and a Stormtrooper blaster (also repainted toy). As a placeholder in my Han Solo's holster I have a repainted toy Naboo blaster I think. Are these all illegal too because they are painted?
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KevVader
Sr Member
How do Canadians complete their right of passage by killing a moose by the age of 13 then, or is that just a US-based urban myth?
No, it's true...we just use our bare hands unlike you American pussies who have to use a gun! pfft!:rolleyes
I keed, I keed!
Seriously, I love my country and being Canadian....but our gun laws are absolutely ludicrous.
Here is the RCMP website with the info about importing Replica Firearms..AND...I think I can get one!!
Replicas of antique firearms ARE permitted AND,
"The Criminal Code defines antique firearms as:
firearms manufactured before 1898 that were not designed or re-designed to"
So I just have to find out for sure if the model of Mauser the blaster was based on was made prior to 1898!
Replicas of antique firearms ARE permitted AND,
"The Criminal Code defines antique firearms as:
firearms manufactured before 1898 that were not designed or re-designed to"
So I just have to find out for sure if the model of Mauser the blaster was based on was made prior to 1898!
Mal's gun is perfectly legal because it does not resemble a current model firearm. Likewise for the Fett blaster etc. The airsoft isn't "officially" illegal. The only one you mentioned that would actually be prohibited is the Indy revolver.
Repainting a toy, or what have you, to make it look like a real gun would technically count as criminal intent.
You missed the part of it. Antiques are essentially non-cartridge firing (ball and powder), so even though I think the correct Mauser was made prior to 1898, it fires bullets and wouldn't fit in that category.
Again this is all based on what I learned from talking with the PIU and Chief Firearms Officer, so I could be partly wrong. Anyone wanting to know more should really try calling either or both to get real factual information.
One other option would be to get a theatrical license and then you can have replicas...easier said than done.
GrenadeKing
Sr Member
Well... strangely enough the Mauser C96 was... created in 1896. :confused
Go buy one, I guess. :lol
EDIT: Oops too late, and wrong.
Go buy one, I guess. :lol
EDIT: Oops too late, and wrong.
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About what an antique handgun is. Mauser C96 fires 45 Colt cartridges.
Oh, and to add more confusion to the whole replica thing, a deactivated gun does not require a license to own and is perfectly legal even though it too should be classed as a replica since it looks like a gun and doesn't fire a projectile capable of causing serious injury, but since it's still techincally a gun it's a loophole. SO, if you could find a real one, and someone licensed to both buy, transport, and deactivate it, then you could have a kick ass replica without any moving parts...
We just use firearms when we are feeling merciful, otherwise its' blades, and blunt instruments. :cool Bare hands has the capacity to hurt you more then them, brass knuckles are nice though, plus they prevent future arthritis. :thumbsup Personal blunt instrument of choice? Ax handle with the business end wrapped with marine anti-slip tape. :love
David.
If you want to go all resin, I got this from Wilco Models, one of the nicest and cleanest kits I've purchased. No problems ever on border crossings for any of my Wilco kits.
Cheers,
Neil.
Thanks! Is there a website? I did a quick google for Wilco Models...didnt see it.
PeteVenkman
Well-Known Member
Really? I can see the logic behind it I suppose, funny thing is I'm doing just that right now with a shotgun toy I have. Guess I better keep the tip of the barrel bright orange as I'll be using it in public tomorrow.
I feel the pain in this thread though, I have been wanting to do a Han Solo Blaster build for a long time and still haven't gotten a decent Mauser replica. I only have a Hasbro one I repainted. Needless to say I'm watching this thread.
SSgt Burton
Sr Member
It's probably considered "creating" or "manufacturing" a replica.
Just to say it- I'm not trying to be all doom and gloom in this thread.
I've made a couple of very big (and very stupid) mistakes with the law with replicas (one of which landed me in Court charged with "weapons dangerous"). So yeah- my view is on the side of being extremely cautious (and yes I'll admit to sounding paranoid). Don't think "I won't get caught" or "nothing big will happen" and assume the worst if you do.
I just don't want someone making the same costly mistakes when I can at the very least warn them.
Again just to say it- "ownership" in and of itself is not illegal- if you owned a replica before the ban it is yours to keep. Same goes for airsoft. But "importation" is illegal.
And just because someone (or several people) have "had no problems" doesn't mean it is "okay"- it may have just gotten through unnoticed. The real test would be to have a kit or completed blaster imported through the mail from outside Canada, have it go through Customs, be opened and inspected and then be approved to go to your house. To me, if it was opened, inspected and then resealed with that yellow "opened by Customs" tape- that would be enough "proof" for me that it is "okay".
Kevin
YES! May be in the fuzzy area but for a good price I'll give it a shot.
