outoftowner
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The Firearms Act only says a "reasonable quantity". AFAIK, that has never been defined in a court.
The NRCAN regs state 225kg net explosive quantity, which is the powder in the cartridges. Looking at my Hornady manual, the max charge weight listed for a 123gr bullet is 28.5gr. Using the 28.5gr charge weight will allow you to have 121,834 rounds before crossing the limit. If the charge weight is 25.0gr then you get 138,891 rounds. That shouldn't be a problem for most of us, aside from zZ_denis and maybe Norseman.
Nobody is keeping track of it, but if the police came through your house for another reason, they might get interested in it. According to mouthpiece, he has dealt with clients that have been charged with improper storage of ammo, based on the NRCAN requirements. Would you get charged for having too much ammo? Possibly. I don't think anyone can give you a definitive answer because the laws are not well defined and it would depend on the police and crown attorney involved in the case.
Mark
I actually think that is one thing the rcmp is slack about. Remember that story about that RCMP officer that was stealing ammunition and was caught, and when they searched his house they found a large amount of ammo (for some reason my mind says 70000-100000 rounds but don't quote me on this) and didn't really care because they acknowledged that he was a competition shooter and it was normal for competition shooters to have large amounts of ammunition.
