Is collectorssource the only source in Canada for collectors
- Thread starter davidsbyang
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If anyone is looking for good quality deacts, a friend here on CGN ussually has some machinegun/pistol or pistol ready hang on your wall. But they are not cheap!If interested PM me here and I will hook you up, cheere dale Z!
His son has taken over the business.
stencollector
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
Wolverine usually has some, but doesn't always advertise them.
Quite frankly, it is near impossible to bring in prohib deacts these days, so someone establishing a new business based on that would have a tough time of it. As well, if you look at the history in the past 10 years in this country, places that did deal primarily with deacts (ie Kearns and McMurchy, the Tommy Gun Store mostly come to mind) seemed to become targets for the authorities in short order.
Ontario gun in Kenogmi always seemed to cater to the deact collector as well, but with Peter passing the business on to his daughter, time will tell if it will still do so.
Quite frankly, it is near impossible to bring in prohib deacts these days, so someone establishing a new business based on that would have a tough time of it. As well, if you look at the history in the past 10 years in this country, places that did deal primarily with deacts (ie Kearns and McMurchy, the Tommy Gun Store mostly come to mind) seemed to become targets for the authorities in short order.
Ontario gun in Kenogmi always seemed to cater to the deact collector as well, but with Peter passing the business on to his daughter, time will tell if it will still do so.
He has not updated the cite = not a salesman.
stencollector
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
Nope, they fall under the following (ref Customs memo D19-13-2):
13. A deactivated firearm is not subject to the registration provisions of the Firearms Act. However, a firearm that has been deactivated outside of Canada will be deemed a “controlled” firearm and will therefore require all the appropriate documentation for importation for that class of firearm until the Chief Firearms Officer (CFO) of the province confirms the deactivation where the firearm is registered.
Sounds good, except that the CFC does not consider deactivation to be a legal reason to import a live firearm. So since Customs wants to treat it as live, but the CaFC will not allow non-grandfathered guns to come in for deactivation, it has formed a catch 22 that precludes importation of any further prohibs either as or for deactivation.
Heres my deactivated Brens, and stens there beautiful examples of Canadian craftmanship. Made in Canada by Canadians during a trying time in our history. My grandfather manned a Bren on a Universal in WW2, as well as carried a sten while working as a dispatch rider.
But because they dont shoot anymore you would seriously take these and toss them in a smelter, theres more to preserving history than just range time. Like alot of us for whatever reason we did not get prohib status but still appreciate the talent and dedication it took to make great these pieces of our history.
Hell most if not all prohib owners cant shoot there prohibs now as you are aware. Both units are gathering the same types of dust.
You hear the same type of thing with every gun discipline, the milsurp guys not understanding the black rifle guys, the center fire pistol guys not understanding the rimfire pistol guys, people collect for all types of different reasons thats all, but I would never say put it to a smelter.
I,m not trying to bust your balls just trying to help you understand why people like me collect the way we do.
stencollector
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- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
I have an old copy of their price list here somewhere. Incredible how much some of the stuff went up in just a decade. They had $1100 Vickers on tripods, $800 M1919A4s, and $400 Lanchester SMGs.
I may take a few minutes tomorrow to find the list and post it.
peter2772000
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- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Heres my deactivated Brens, and stens there beautiful examples of Canadian craftmanship. Made in Canada by Canadians during a trying time in our history. My grandfather manned a Bren on a Universal in WW2, as well as carried a sten while working as a dispatch rider.
But because they dont shoot anymore you would seriously take these and toss them in a smelter, theres more to preserving history than just range time. Like alot of us for whatever reason we did not get prohib status but still appreciate the talent and dedication it took to make great these pieces of our history.
Hell most if not all prohib owners cant shoot there prohibs now as you are aware. Both units are gathering the same types of dust.
You hear the same type of thing with every gun discipline, the milsurp guys not understanding the black rifle guys, the center fire pistol guys not understanding the rimfire pistol guys, people collect for all types of different reasons thats all, but I would never say put it to a smelter.
I,m not trying to bust your balls just trying to help you understand why people like me collect the way we do.
I dunno, bud. A deac is pretty well a dead piece of steel. To quote your own sig line, "if you cant drive it, sand it, stain it, or shoot it then f@#k it!!".
Pretty well sums it up for me. Beautiful collection, btw.
PS: I just picked up a live Sten & Thompson M1A1 on the EE. Paid $2k for both. Figure I got a good deal.
Well, if it were not for guys like Mr. Clark there would be no examples of Cdn made war time fire arms other than some Lee Enfields outside of the odd museum.
Yeah deacts are a tragedy, but better to have some deacts around of the examples of what this country did than no proof at all.
Yeah deacts are a tragedy, but better to have some deacts around of the examples of what this country did than no proof at all.
