A couple of Enfields

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Gents I have been given a couple of Enfields from an old gent who said they were of no use to him anymore and he wouldn't accept any cash for them.
My problem is he also gave me a sxs shotgun that he said wasn't registered.
I would like to register it but I dont want to get the old guy in any trouble. Is it possible to get this gun registered without involving him in any way. He's 77 and has had a stroke so he doesn't need any stress in his life.
Thanks for any help guys.
 
i've registered non registered guns in the past 3 years ago and haven't any issue's at all. maybe somebody could also give some insight on this issue.
 
Getting things registered is not a problem - and won't get the previous owner in trouble....:wave:

Congrats on the Enfields (and the SxS, of course) !.....:cool:
 
I was dropped off an 1897 Sparkbrook barreled receiver not terribly long ago. One phone call to New Brunswick, they asked some questions about barrel millimetres (which I have no idea about) so I answered in inches (25-1/2 of them, the barrel having the other 5 removed by friend Bubba) and I affirmed that, yes, a Lee-Enfield Mark I DOES indeed use .303 ammunition and that was all: I had a verified reference number and you can do the rest on the internet.

I told them it was a 'drop-off' and they didn't seem to care a lot. They were mainly happy that the thing was registered in their ever-so-necessary system, not that a 113-year-old boltless Sparkbrook stripped action is all that much of a menace to Ye Publick Peace.

But no hassles. And I did NOT give the name of the fellow who dropped it off, either.

I'm just really happy that he dropped it HERE: it was supposed to go to the dump.

Decent bore, too. Next year: back 'home on the range'.
 
I have had the same situation. I phoned them up and said I had just found the rifle in an old locker we thought was empty. They were happy to register it.

the way this is done, the lady on the phone willas k about the rifle, wanting to know make, mdel, caliber and barrel length. Sge will then give you a FRT # for that particualr model. She will then give you info you need to register it, on line. The online will ask you who the verifier was. This is the infop the aldy gave you. her first name, her last name and her verfier #. her names are code letters. make sure you write this down when she gives it to you. then go on and register. The online will ask ask you wher they came from.
 
It was a few years ago that we registered a few unregistered guns in Spruce Grouse's name. No questions asked. Have not heard that it is any different now.

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Either contact the cfc or find out who the local verifier is and have him do. it's easy enough to call it in. there is a amnesty so you can't get in trouble for registering a non-restricted firearm.
 
Many thanks guys. I just recieved a M1 carbine from the same old gent and have to register this one also. Just praying neither of get in trouble. By the way what is the status of the M1 carbine, is it a non-restricted or restricted? I havent measured yet but it seems like it has the 18inch barrel with a flash hood welded on.
 
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I always wanted to phone up and say that I just found a WW2 tank in the barn, and ask them to register it.....
 
When you start to register a previously non registered gun, almost the first question, whether on the phone or on the net is, "How did you acquire it?" As you always should be, be honest, don't tell stories. If it was given to you, tell them so. If you bought it, say you bought it.
No further questions will be asked about how you acquired it.
 
22to45 said:
I always wanted to phone up and say that I just found a WW2 tank in the barn, and ask them to register it.....
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The irony of the fed's gun program is they don't care about anything over about .75cal. If you had a 20mm Solothurn anti-tank rifle (the bad a$$ one with the side magazine, the little ski feet and the toboggan carrier), they wouldn't care. But one of those evil Barrett 50's and watch the fur fly. There are other laws about destructive devices like artillery, mortars, assorted anti-tank weapons, and tanks, but those are Customs' not RCMP's.
 
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