Is the GAMO Whisper legal in Canada?

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Where can I get one; or, can I import one?

Does anyone have one?

I'm asking principally because they have an integral sound-suppression-system built into the barrel, and I'm curious whether they've been banned by Order in Council or some other nanny-state-bureau... I see them advertised in American Rifleman all the time.
 
Yet in England they are legal as it wouldn't be proper to disturb your neighbors.By the same logic I propose we remove all mufflers from vehicles to warn pedestrians of oncoming traffic...................Harold
 
Doug The Canuck said:
Bought it from someone on Gunnutz.

Don't know. I'm in Florida and it's in my gun safe at home.

Pretty. It's a tack driver.

You can buy them at Bass Pro or Gander Mountain down here. Just walk up, pay for it and go home.
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You can just bring it across the boarder even tho its a "firearm"?
 
maybe electric cars should be banned too...they don't make any noise that would warn people to get out of the way.Do I see a multi-bilion dollar class action lawsuit against the manufacturor for ''negligence''?
 
ratherbefishin said:
maybe electric cars should be banned too...they don't make any noise that would warn people to get out of the way.Do I see a multi-bilion dollar class action lawsuit against the manufacturor for ''negligence''?
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actually, this was the express purpose of sleigh bells, sleighs being damned near silent in an urban environment.
 
So... It was in Canada that you bought it?

Doug The Canuck said:
Bought it from someone on Gunnutz.

Don't know. I'm in Florida and it's in my gun safe at home.

Pretty. It's a tack driver.

You can buy them at Bass Pro or Gander Mountain down here. Just walk up, pay for it and go home.
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I wonder where (how?) your seller got it... I'd love to have one! How much did you pay for it? You have it registered as a Non-restricted?

If they're legal, I expect that it's because the compensator is integral and cannot be removed from the barrel.
 
NRA4Life said:
I wonder where (how?) your seller got it... I'd love to have one! How much did you pay for it? You have it registered as a Non-restricted?

If they're legal, I expect that it's because the compensator is integral and cannot be removed from the barrel.
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It's registered as a firearm, non-restricted.

I can't remember what I paid, but it was around $350 with heavy duty scope on it.

I saw one at Walmart here in Orlando the other day for less than $300.
 
I'm surprised you still have it. Dealers were ordered to pull their stock and stop selling them because of the suppressor. I wouldn't try to bring one in if I were you...
 
Which retailers sell the GAMO Whisper in Canada & do they still?

I'm curious about idontknowjack's source of information/experience regarding this situation... I see airguns with "recoil-compensators" in Canadian Tire, just not the Whisper... What's up with that?
 
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