Hand gun carry

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243win

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A discussion came up at work recently, regarding carrying a hand gun to the moose camp for target practice. I cannot find the answer on the RCMP firearms web site (clear as mud). If an individual has his restricted permit and the hand gun (revolver) is designated a relic or antique but still functions can it be used at the camp for target practice? I dont think it can but I'm not into hand guns. Thanks
 
I can't specifically answer the question because I've never paid any attention to the laws re; antiques, but keep in mind, that having a firearm in the bush during hunting season opens up a whole different set of laws to deal with as well.

Game and fish conservation act I think it's called here (ont). I'd have to check to see what's federal and what's provincial, but there would be regs about handguns during hunting season and likely up to you prove you are not hunting with a handgun.

Food for thought.
 
But it is still a firearm with regards to just about every other law. Including hunting regulations. It's just not bound by the restricted and ATT regulations.
 
dan belisle said:
He said antique. - dan
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Although he said antique, he also said it was registered. If registered its probably chambered for a modern cartridge, which bounces it back to being a restricted which requires an ATC.

Edited to add . . . I misread the post, he has a resticted PAL, the handgun therefore is an antique and not registered, if I got it right.

TRaTSeRiF said:
If it's restricted, you can only take it to the gunsmith, the range, the airport or the border, unless you got an ATC (easier to win the lottery).
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IMHO, the difficulty you describe in getting an ATC is overstated. All you have to do is line up the hoops and start jumping through. The ATC must be tied to a commercial activity, but does not prevent you from carrying the handgun when engaged in recreational activity. But they will not issue an ATC for recreational purposes. If you apply as an employee, your supervisor must sign off on the application. You must be able to state why it is that your duties prevent you from protecting yourself with a long gun. You have to provide the geographical area where the gun will be carried (it helps if a large species of bear inhabits that area). You must provide a letter from your range officer as proof of proficiency after he has observed you shoot with the gun you intend to carry. There might be all manner of restrictions placed on your ATC should you get one, but they have more to do with having an ATT to get it to the area where you work, or that the gun must be carried in a holster that is not concealed and that has a retaining device, or that the gun cannot be worn in public.
 
Boomer said:
If registered its probably chambered for a modern cartridge, which bounces it back to being a restricted which requires an ATC.
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Not necessarily. I have 2 antiques. One in .38 special, and one in .44 special. Both are prescribed antiques.
That said, though chambered for modern cartridges, I don't shoot them with "modern loads".....
 
In theory you can take a prescribed antique handgun anywhere you can take a non-restricted (and non-registered ) rifle as long as it is transported in an opaque locked container. In practice people aren't used to seeing handguns out in the open and might call the police not knowing it is an antique,soon the SWAT team shows up and TSHTF :eek:
 
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