Gunsmithing license

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Hi, I am intereseted in starting to do some gunsmithing. What are the license requirements and training / school required to operate an accredited Gunsmith shop in Alberta?

Any info anyone can provide me with would be greatly appreciated. There seems to be a very big demand for gunsmith's.

Thanks, Arch:)
 
The gunsmith licence is one of the business licence options from the CFC. You can get the application package from your CFO.
 
arch1965 said:
Hi, I am intereseted in starting to do some gunsmithing. What are the license requirements and training / school required to operate an accredited Gunsmith shop in Alberta?

Any info anyone can provide me with would be greatly appreciated. There seems to be a very big demand for gunsmith's.

Thanks, Arch:)

There are no gunsmithing ablility requirements whatever to be a licensed gunsmith. Anyone who can obtain a PAL and pay the $100 federal fee for gunsmithing can be a licensed gunsmith.
 
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guntech said:
There are no gunsmithing ablility requirements whatever to be a licensed gunsmith. Anyone who can obtain a PAL and pay the $100 federal fee for gunsmithing can be a licensed gunsmith.

That's it? :confused:

What about liability of work performed for customers? Do you just take out a business "third party" liability insurance?

Arch:)
 
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The person that told you there is no training requirments to get a lic should not speak until they know what they are taking about. I am a gunsmith and here in Ontario 4 years ago they stopped giveing lic. even renewals to any one that does not have some sort of training. even mail order courses will do. you must have paper prof. of success.
 
ken fowler said:
The person that told you there is no training requirments to get a lic should not speak until they know what they are taking about. I am a gunsmith and here in Ontario 4 years ago they stopped giveing lic. even renewals to any one that does not have some sort of training. even mail order courses will do. you must have paper prof. of success.
Yea but Ontario gov't seems to do anything it can to hinder any thing to do with guns.
 
ken fowler said:
The person that told you there is no training requirments to get a lic should not speak until they know what they are taking about. I am a gunsmith and here in Ontario 4 years ago they stopped giveing lic. even renewals to any one that does not have some sort of training. even mail order courses will do. you must have paper prof. of success.

Ken,

That person was me..

I have been a gunsmith and actively gunsmithing since 1968 after completing a two year gunsmithing course in 1966-67... for the first years in Alberta, and in BC since 1979.

There has been no abiltiy requirement whatever and your mention of Ontario having a requirement is the first I have heard.... I would venture a guess and say only in Ontario...

As far as liability goes I don't know of a gunsmith who can afford the insurance. I had a policy for a couple of years that cost $500 a year... that wasn't bad... then the company decided not to insure gunsmiths any more...(no reason other than the big anti-gun attitude scared them) I tried getting the same coverage but the cheapest premium I could find was $25,000 a year.

Dennis
 
Yes in ON right now they won't licence you as a GS without formal training. I suppose this is their way of protecting the public which may be of some value. They will still license you to do a large variety of other things which basically adds up to GS. Interesting to note that Western Gun Parts will not sell some parts to you unless you are a licenced GS WITH liability insurance.
 
ken fowler said:
The person that told you there is no training requirments to get a lic should not speak until they know what they are taking about. I am a gunsmith and here in Ontario 4 years ago they stopped giveing lic. even renewals to any one that does not have some sort of training. even mail order courses will do. you must have paper prof. of success.
That's the first I've heard of that. I've not been interviewed or assessed for qualifications. All they cared about was are the locks good, the storage adequate and will the cheque clear.:)
 
MasterPython said:
So is the gunsmithing licence pretty much so your shop goes on the list of places ATTs are good for?


Your gunsmithing license is required to be posted conspicuously in your shop. Most of the newer ATT's state - "Licensed Gunsmith". Since not all gunsmiths are licensed for all catagories, it is up to you to see that the gunsmith is licensed for what you wish to leave. It is also up to the gunsmith to make sure he does not accept that which he is not licensed for.
 
From the way I understand the regulations, getting a gunsmithing license would thus allow a person to obtain prohibited 12(6) weapons. Maybe this is why Ontario now requires a diploma of sorts?
You declare yourself a gunsmith, pay the $100 and then go get that snubnose .38 ;) or maybe I am out in left field.
 
You are out in left field.:D

The gunsmithing license only allows you to store the firearms for which you are endorsed on your PAL.
However a customer could bring you his 12(6) snubby .38, and you could work on it under his supervision.
Maybe if you're really, really good, he'll let you buy the ammo and accompany him to the range for a test-fire.:dancingbanana:

Griffoneur said:
From the way I understand the regulations, getting a gunsmithing license would thus allow a person to obtain prohibited 12(6) weapons. Maybe this is why Ontario now requires a diploma of sorts?
You declare yourself a gunsmith, pay the $100 and then go get that snubnose .38 ;) or maybe I am out in left field.
 
Griffoneur said:
From the way I understand the regulations, getting a gunsmithing license would thus allow a person to obtain prohibited 12(6) weapons. Maybe this is why Ontario now requires a diploma of sorts?
You declare yourself a gunsmith, pay the $100 and then go get that snubnose .38 ;) or maybe I am out in left field.

You are in left field...

To obtain a prohib 12(6) requires the individual to be grandfathered and in continuous possession of a prohib since the regulations were formed.... back around Feb of 1995 I think.
 
guntech said:
You are in left field...

To obtain a prohib 12(6) requires the individual to be grandfathered and in continuous possession of a prohib since the regulations were formed.... back around Feb of 1995 I think.

Well now that raises another question!
A young person (20years old) graduating from gunsmithing school. Was only 8 years old back then. He can never work as a gunsmith or open a gunsmithing business cause he was too young to be grandfathered? In a few years, there is gonna be a real serious problem when all the existing old fart gunsmiths die or retire!
 
I have a shop in Manitoba and I just called my Provincial firearms officer and he upgraded my liscence to include gunsmithing for prohib firearms, also I never had prohib status on my personal liscence
 
If you have any questions about what you can and cannot do under a gunsmithing or other business licence, obtain a copy of the application package. All the information is there.
A gunsmithing or any other business licence is not an end run around restrictions on a personal licence.
 
6ppc said:
I have a shop in Manitoba and I just called my Provincial firearms officer and he upgraded my liscence to include gunsmithing for prohib firearms, also I never had prohib status on my personal liscence

... and you still will never be able to own a prohib either...
 
Griffoneur said:
Well now that raises another question!
A young person (20years old) graduating from gunsmithing school. Was only 8 years old back then. He can never work as a gunsmith or open a gunsmithing business cause he was too young to be grandfathered? In a few years, there is gonna be a real serious problem when all the existing old fart gunsmiths die or retire!

Every prohib in Canada is destined for the scrap heap. They can only be sold to other grandfathered owners and when they all pass on, the government gets them for destruction...
 
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