Ban on importing corrosive ammo.

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I was at the Irishtown gun show last weekend and a gentalman told me that there is now a complete ban on importing corrosive ammo in Canada?:confused: :mad: :( Can some one comform this? I hope that it is :bsFlag:
 
That is not 100% true. Corrosive ammo is legal to import and sell. Ammo with mercuric priming is the problem. The issue is that in order to be legal for commercial sale, imported ammo has to be tested by NRCAN. They flat out refuse to test any ammo with mercuric priming.

Marstar's Johnone has mentioned that he's sitting on a warehouse full of 8mm mauser ammo he can't get in to Canada for this reason.
 
that seriously sucks 8mm mauser bulk would be awesome for all those guys that have 8mm barrels on there 1919's
 
8mmMaU mercury

I wondered where all the 8 millie was! Kinda neat that we are being legislated into using fluorescent bulbs, which contain mercury.:puke:
 
I thought that mercuric priming went out of fashion in the early 1800's and was replaced by potassium chlorate which in turn was replaced by lead styphnate just after WWll except for some military match ammo.

cheers mooncoon
 
Even though we often read of fulminate of mercury being used as a priming compound, my impression is that is was only used for a very short time; 10 or 20 years after the reverend Forsyth came out with his patent.

cheers mooncoon
 
Tail wagging the dog

Canuck223 said:
That is not 100% true. Corrosive ammo is legal to import and sell. Ammo with mercuric priming is the problem. The issue is that in order to be legal for commercial sale, imported ammo has to be tested by NRCAN. They flat out refuse to test any ammo with mercuric priming.
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If I read between the lines on this, the feds are concerned about employee safety. Some lab technician has to test fire the ammunition. His workplace cannot intentionally expose him to hazardous chemicals. If there are mercury particles in the air upon firing, he is in a harmful situation. Maybe the feds need to acknowledge that testing ammunition is a pointless hand-holding excuse of a regulation, and claiming workplace safety is just a convenient excuse for not challenging the need for the regulation.

Don't beat me up over unsafe conditions. I completely support safety, but why oblige something unsafe in the first place without a socially beneficial reason?
 
Worker saftey rules can be strange some days. We can't store aspirin in the first aid kit at work anymore . I don't know the reasoning behind this but that is what wew were told.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
Some lab technician has to test fire the ammunition. His workplace cannot intentionally expose him to hazardous chemicals. If there are mercury particles in the air upon firing, he is in a harmful situation.
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If it is an indoor facility, he is still being exposed to hazardous chemicals...like lead. Why can't they save the milsurp ammo to test outside once or twice a year?
 
But Komrades;
You simply do not appreciate the fact that our fearless leaders are protecting you from these many evils.... 8mmk ammo bad, 8x57 bad, .30-06 bad, .308 bad.... These surplus cartridges shoul be destroyed....

Now they will send me to re-educated....

Maybe I am just tired of being saved from evil, my leaders know what I should read (no bad gun books in the larger stores) , watch on tv (No American satellite) , what food is safe for me, when and where I can drink, what activities are permitted (licenses and fees paid of course), etc, etc....

Oh well I am still allowed my computer....(for now)
John
 
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