Are .22 LR Cap and Ball legal in canada?

[Jack Flacket]

Anybody know the rules about .22 Cap and Ball guns legality in Canada? they're REALLY tiny so, I'm wondering if they're allowed!

 

[Rudy H]

If it is a firearm under the law then it would be prohibited due to barrel length.

"firearm" means a barrelled weapon from which any shot, bullet or other projectile can be discharged and that is capable of causing serious bodily injury or death to a person, and includes any frame or receiver of such a barrelled weapon and anything that can be adapted for use as a firearm;​

"prohibited firearm" means
( a) a handgun that
(i) has a barrel equal to or less than 105 mm in length, or
(ii) is designed or adapted to discharge a 25 or 32 calibre cartridge,
but does not include any such handgun that is prescribed, where the handgun is for use in international sporting competitions governed by the rules of the International Shooting Union,
​

 

[SDC]

Cap and ball are perfectly legal, but ANY blackpowder built after 1898 can't be an antique, so they would still be prohibited under the "barrel shorter than 105mm" BS.

 

[GrantR]

... but ANY blackpowder built after 1898 can't be an antique ...

Incorrect: Post-1898 flintlocks (and 'earlier' ignition systems like wheel-locks and matchlocks) are "antique" firearms in Canada. It is only percussion muzzleloaders that must be pre-1898.

(Also, under the Canadian definition, the cutoff date is December 31, 1897 ... not the end of 1898.)

 

[tiriaq]

Post Dec. 31, 1897 non percussion muzzleloading LONGARMS are classed as antiques. 1898 or later handguns are either restricted or prohibited.

 

[SDC]

Incorrect: Post-1898 flintlocks (and 'earlier' ignition systems like wheel-locks and matchlocks) are "antique" firearms in Canada. It is only percussion muzzleloaders that must be pre-1898.

(Also, under the Canadian definition, the cutoff date is December 31, 1897 ... not the end of 1898.)

(Slaps self in head) Of course.