Hey guys, I'm thinking of getting the mosin nagant deal over at canada ammo, now I live in downtown edmonton and pretty much all the rifle ranges are way out in the sticks and I don't have a car, is it even legal to transport guns on public transit? I am looking at the handy dandy guide that I got when I did my safety course and it assumes that you have your own transportation!
How do you guys get to a rifle range without a car? Transporting?
- Thread starter 5hooter
- Start date
There's an ETS bylaw buried on their website somewhere forbidding transporting firearms on their fleet vehicles. Something like several hundred dollar fine, but I virtually guarantee that if someone spots you and calls the police, you're going to get more trouble than a fine.
That said, I've walked to the range, took a cab, biked, and gotten rides from friends. Next spring I might see if I could do a big of a road trip and bike out to CHAS.
Living in the city has taught me to love takedown guns. You'd be surprised how many cab drivers used to be in the military, though more than a few thought only police and military could own guns in Canada.
That said, I've walked to the range, took a cab, biked, and gotten rides from friends. Next spring I might see if I could do a big of a road trip and bike out to CHAS.
Living in the city has taught me to love takedown guns. You'd be surprised how many cab drivers used to be in the military, though more than a few thought only police and military could own guns in Canada.
Yeah, kinda sucky. My son lives in downtown Edmonton and called transit about taking his bow (in a case) on the bus to get to a range - nope. Wtf? I'd imagine the same for firearms. That being said, a hard shell case, locked ..... it's my clarinet ? Or call a cab. Either way in the city like that I'm thinking a locked hard case is the way to go. Sad isn't it? ...
Or a couple of large diameter plastic packing tubes attached end to end. Anything to disguise that it is a rifle you are transporting.
That is a tricky issue. Concealing a firearm is illegal. If you are putting it in a guitar case or other container to disguise that you're carrying a firearm you could get in serious trouble if you're caught.
That said, ETS does go very close to Wild West Shooting Center as well as Phoenix Indoor Range, but as mentioned transporting a gun via public bus is wrong and nobody would ever do it. Phoenix does have a rifle bay, but it's only 40m or so, with partitions on all sides of you and only a small window to shoot through. I'm about 6'1 and I have to hunch over pretty good to shoot offhand, and there's no option to shoot kneeling or prone. The pistol bays are better, they have motorized target hangers so you can pick a distance, and there's not quite as much restrictions on shooting offhand. It's something like $22 for a day pass, and that gets you access to the range guns as well, ammo costs separate, but members are allowed to bring their own guns and ammo. Just not steel ammo.
I've gotten a ride out to CHAS a few times with a buddy, that usually works okay. $20 fee for nonmembers but it is vastly more agreeable to rifle shooting. If you're interested, let me know and we might be able to work out some sort of carpooling deal. We'll be the guys rolling up, waving guns and screaming "Get in the car!"
Dariouskater
New member
- Location
- Calgary AB, Canada
now that would be a sight to see.
- Location
- YEG Alberta
Well, at least with a handgun, you can put the case in a backpack to be a little more discreet.
This is actually great advice. Firearms transporting laws are actually pretty unrestrictive (I biked home from my local gun shop with my 795 strapped across my back in a gun case, no problems and perfectly legal) but it's all about appearances for the un-informed ie. majority of the population. Guitar cases will get you where you want to go and nobody will be upset because it's a familiar shape to them. A gun case will make people nervous, and that is what gets the police called. Try contacting the range and see if anyone can set up a carpool with you, maybe some others are in the same situation?
G-Man_Quagmire
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- North Delta B.C.
Guitar case is fine, people need to relax. If no one knows what's in the case, you will not get harassed. Nothing illegal about guitar cases. We aren't expected to carry a gun in a pelican case with padlocks and a label that says "Gun" in big letters. Soft guitar cases are the best.
brass$pitter
CGN Regular
- Location
- grande prairie, AB
Stop buying rifles until you get wheels. Priorities
