Deactivated .32 - is a transfer necessary?

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Someone on here probably knows the answer to these questions.

I have the opportunity to obtain a deactivated .32 short barrel pistol. I think that it's a semi-auto. That's about all I know about it so far.

What are the common ways to deactivate a semi-automatic?

Does one need an RPAL to own it and is an ownership transfer involved?

And what does deactivation do to the value of a pistol?


Thanks.
 
Anyone can own a deactivated firearm. I does not matter what class it was before, it's a paperweight now. When a firearm is deactivated it ceases to exist in any registry, no transfer needed. Make sure it is well deactivated, a sloppy job could land you a charge if the techs at the RCMP can make it fire again.

Deactivation is a very loose science with many different standards depending on when it was done.

As far as value, depends on what it is or was.
 
If it is legal deactivation, there should be letter from RCMP lab stating
that it is approved, I would want that letter with the gun.
Price- what ever some will pay , and type of gun and how well it is done.
 
marshall said:
If it is legal deactivation, there should be letter from RCMP lab stating
that it is approved, I would want that letter with the gun.
Price- what ever some will pay , and type of gun and how well it is done.
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?? What letter?

The individual owner may/may not have gotten notification that it was deactivated. If it was deac'd thru a business, they might have gotten notification, but I've never heard of them passing it on.

Besides, talking to both an individual and business who have done deactivations in the past, the registry/RCMP (or whoever) often doesn't even bother to notify them of anything. They send in the form to the registry and sell the paperweight on...

Oh yeah, by the way, the registry is mandated to maintain records of deac/destroyed guns for at least 7 years... At least I read that somewhere...
 
Anyone can own a deactivated firearm. I does not matter what class it was before, it's a paperweight now. When a firearm is deactivated it ceases to exist in any registry, no transfer needed. Make sure it is well deactivated, a sloppy job could land you a charge if the techs at the RCMP can make it fire again.

Deactivation is a very loose science with many different standards depending on when it was done.
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Very true. Although seeing as lots of guys have built their own recievers/frames and built guns almost entirely from scratch, I'm still a firm believer that any deactivated gun could be made to fire again if someone was so inclined.....
 
tactical870 said:
Very true. Although seeing as lots of guys have built their own recievers/frames and built guns almost entirely from scratch, I'm still a firm believer that any deactivated gun could be made to fire again if someone was so inclined.....
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but sometimes I think it would be easier to build from scratch then try to reactivate something that been welded into a lump of metal
 
Le Enfield;
I have done a few , 12-6 ; 12-5 and 12-2 and every time
I received a letter from RCMP /CFO when I requested that the
" paper weight" be removed from the registery, telling me that the
gun is off the system.
Mind you ,I have not done one last couple of years.

I am a dealer/ gunsmith
 
Its a legal requirement to submit to proof over here however you can own without a cert. The proof certs dont survive well and many are sold again and again privately without them. No dramas, we dont really have a regsitry as most deacts are former machine guns etc so were never registered to an owner in the same way thay rifles, shotguns and even pistols are!
 
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