Dsplay Ordenance reproduction Legality

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Originally Posted by rob love

The first problem with ordnance these days, including reproduction and inert, is that Canada Post has prohibited it's transport by mail.

There are all sorts of problems with real or imagined ordnance, weapons systems amd small arms. The belief that "With mortars and smoke dispensers you don't need any paper for the real thing so I don't see where there'd be a problem" is not as true as it used to be.
The Crinminal Code deiines firearms so loosely that even a 25-pdr Howitzer is now a 'firearm'. A 40mm Bofors that discharges more than a single round with a single pressure of the trigger is a "full automatic", a wood mock-up of a firearm, if it is identical in all respects, is a replica and therefore a prohibited device. Even if your ex-military item is not a weapon you may still get caught up by the Controlled Goods Act which controls military and strategic goods and is administered by Public Works. Be very careful of bringing any of the above to the attention of the authorities unless you have solid evidence that you are acting within the law.