Firearms transfer times.

Frontier Firearms said:
We had 2 transfers approved today from June 6th in Saskatchewan, 1 approved from June 1st in BC.

This should give you an aprox idea if you are from those provinces, (30 days Saskatchewan, 35 days BC).

Since there are only a fraction of the transfers being done since June 10th (very few handguns were left), expect the average number of days per transfer in those provinces to drop in half by mid month.

Ontario, is a wild card. There have been approvals within 14 days and some still waiting since May 31st. Overall, the stack is going down very quick.

Some have put the idea out there of calling them through the business number, bad idea, most will cut you off when they find out you are not a store. Others have come up with a series of extensions to get through other ways, and sometimes it works most other times it does not.

We have had a couple of emails from provinces telling us to pass along the message for customers to not do this anymore as it only makes things take longer. They have been known to take notes of every call that comes through, and if they still do this, you may find your transfer takes even longer.

CFC Office 8AM "Okay lets see here, we have 5000 transfers to do here. Oh look, John Doe has called in every day for the last month, let put his transfer off for another week! Jane Doe has called in once, lets approve her!"

We cant say if this is the case for everyone but there have been a few indicators lately that this could happen.
We would be tempted to do the same.
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hey Frontier.. I purchased June 1st.. Order 35831

I have not heard anything since.. am i supposed to get a transfer reference # or anything.......?
 
moss500 said:
Call at 8:59am. Once you reach the right extension it will be 9:00 and you’ll be in queue. I waited 5 minutes and the transfer was approved 24 hours later.
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Hey so I tried this and it worked!
I got my transfer completed this morning!

However I would also like to point out one more thing....

I am originally from Ontario and I still have a 416 number.
Now I am in Halifax so when I was calling at 9 AM (Atlantic Time) - the machine was saying their offices are closed (cause it is still 8 AM in Ontario).

I then tried calling at 9 AM using a 902 (Nova Scotia) area code phone number, and I got in Queue right away.
After 5 minutes the call connected and I was able to finish the transfer.

I would therefore suggest if you have a way to use Newfoundland or Nova Scotia number then use it and call when it is 9 AM Atlantic or Newfoundland time instead of using your local area code number.

I am guessing that by the time your area code rolls into 9 AM your time, the Queue is full and it wont connect you... It worked for me so maybe it will work for the other guys here.
 
I called in a transfer this morning. First tried at 8:30 am Winnipeg time, and the message said they weren't opening until 9:00 am. So, that's the same experience as MICE. I called again at 9:00 am our time, and got through. About 5 minutes to get a reference number.
 
i ordered june1st in ON, and June2nd...i havent heard from cfo yet, but im told it can be any day now, as the stores are starting to see June 1st sales pick up.
 
Wallenstein said:
Truly extraordinary times.

The anecdote as to how a "squeaky wheel" is handled is not unusual when dealing with any bureaucracy.

There is nothing wrong with "checking in" every once in a while, but sometimes less is more.
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There is definitely something wrong with checking in once in a while. How do you think those two girls in the office approving transfers will be able to get anything done while they have 90,000 people calling to "occasionally check in" in addition to the various businesses and thousands of people trying to get through to initiate new transfers.
People calling to check in will accomplish nothing other than preventing someone at the back of the pile from getting they're transfer approved in time.
 
(QUEBEC)
Bought July 3rd & never received any ref number.

Bought August 5 and already have a ref number, but obviously nothing went thru yet.

Bought August 6 & haven't received any ref number.
 
One also has to keep in mind that Ontario, was already three weeks behind when the ban was announced. And someone else commented, the Ford government has little or no interest in helping us with our plight. Rock and a hard place so wait we must.
 
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