Air soft guns

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

And, in Canada, a soft metal replica 30 cal. Browning displayed on a restored WW2 vehicle at an air show is considered exactly the same as a plastic .357 Smith & Wesson held by a Toronto downtown 'yuth'.

Originally Posted by rob love

If the gun shoots over 500 feet per second, and has over 5.7 joules of force, then it is considered a firearm that requires a license to have. But if it is under 500 fps, but can cause bodily harm, then it is a weapon that does not need to be licensed. If it shoots under 368 (recently reduced from 400 fps) and closely copies the look of a real firearm, then it is a replica. Replicas are in a special prohibited class in Canada.

That was because too often, Canada's misguided youth would use them for fundraising efforts, during which the police would often shoot these misguided youth. The mother would then wail that the police should have checked the gun first or else shot it out of their had before shooting their poor son, who was just turning their life around.

As a result of these events, the chiefs of police in Canada requested that replicas be banned for sale, manufacture, and import.

Deactivated firearms, however, are in their own class. They do not require registration, safe storage, transport regulations, and can be bought or sold to anyone. They are usually expensive, however, which is probably why the poor misguided youth don't get into trouble with them.

Clear as mud?

[Andrew]

Yep, I talked to my neighbor a few farms up from me, Conservative house leader Peter Van Loan about getting this ridiculous law changed and he gave me the same crap, conservative government scrapped the long gun registry blaa blaa blaa. In short no more plans to change any gun laws. I had to go buy a dewat 50 bmg for the halftrack (which cost me huge). And that's why dewats are so expensive here in Canada, its the only thing your going to get to owing that gun that so many of us cant. Importing a dewat is also a huge hassle as Canada considers it a firing weapon which means only a person/business that has the licence to own can import till it is verified its deactivated to Canadian standards

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

And, in Canada, a soft metal replica 30 cal. Browning displayed on a restored WW2 vehicle at an air show is considered exactly the same as a plastic .357 Smith & Wesson held by a Toronto downtown 'yuth'.

[rob love]

The current customs rules, combined with the firearms center rules, made importation of a dewat virtually impossible. However, there has been a recent successful importation of a good number of dewats by this company: http://www.kopfjager-militaria.com/store.htm. It took them some 16 months from start to finish, and the guns are welded up pretty solid.

If you go to that link, click on the "deactivated weapons" page. Unfortunately for most of us, it is primarily communist bloc guns. I saw many of these at the Calgary gun show this year, and was impressed by the quality and variety of what they had, although I see a lot of it has since sold out. The SA6 has me almost ready to make a road trip to Edmonton. I did pick up one of their ZB37s at the show, and it really showed the Bren gun's lineage.

The link Marc has shown for the airsofts is also a good one. Very reasonably priced, although personally, I would rather spend the money on a dewat, which appreciated in value and has some history.

[jeff davis]

Good Discussion and some more links for us.
The Guns from this Company come with a Chronometer reading.and that is all Customs at the border care about Good to get non weapons of Historic look into the Country. I do not mind losing a Airsoft rather than a Dewat.
I would like an Airesoft Bren for the Carrier
Regards
Jeff