March 4th Tariffs and Commerce Department Freeze
- Thread starter Prophet River
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Not really in the shooting world. There is no Canadian alternative for natch bullets, extreme powder, match brass, or primers.
In the shotgun world there is Challenger and Score, but they also raised their prices so not overly competitive against US brands.
The reality is it’s a bad tariff because we don’t have domestic alternatives nor do we have a big enough market to hurt the US.
I dont think this particular tarriff was implemented to hurt the US.
- Location
- Lloydminster, Alberta
All firearms , ammunition, reloading components, reloading tools. But not firearms parts (yet)
Thanks for the clarity on that. Absolutely brutal tariff for our industry, and I'm sure there is some politicking involved for Trudeau and the LPC to select this industry. Tariffs make sense when you are trying to protect the domestic industry and push people to buy Canadian, but there are no alternatives to what comes out of the States. We do not make our own firearms (largely) and mostly do not produce our own ammo (Campro, Challenger, Score, FH).
I hope this can come to some resolution at some point because it kills our hobby.
Exactly. It's completely political, and we are low-hanging fruit.
Except it's not. Only Canada and China have reciprocated tariffs. And they can choose industries that have Canadian alternatives to promote domestic product purchases (Food, alcohol, lumber, oil products, energy, raw materials). Instead, they chose the firearm industry, which has few alternatives to US-sourced products. They chose this because they know few people will complain, so they can look like they are doing something when in reality it's just a tax on us. Show me where I can get long-range bullets from China, you can't.
I was more-so referring to European and international markets. Canadian made guns and ammo options are limited, unfortunately.
Also limited. For match grade rifle components there is Lapua. For shotgun target loads hardly anything is brought in. I would love of course to see Hull readily available or Gamebore. Sellier and Bellot from CZ another good option I would love to see, but just not brought in in large quantities.
My two disciplines are long range and sporting clays, so I can’t speak for much else besides that, but it’s a big impact on those two sports. Long range more than sporting clays.
- Location
- Lloydminster, Alberta
You will start to see retailers moving prices up . Look around and try to find product still listed at pre tariff prices. It will take some time before all retailers have all prices adjusted.....
Thunderhog
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- East Kootneys
Bullsh1t.
It’s about Liberal control, greed, and killing the shooting sports industry.
Get over your Trump anxiety my friend.
This has nothing to do with him.
It’s a golden chance for liberals to screw the Canadian hunter/target shooter…..
Divide, conquer, and control is the liberal standard…..
- Location
- Lloydminster, Alberta
I don't think it will work that way.More tariffs more profit per item for retailers.
Canadas tariff only applies if it says “made in USA” on the side. What will be interesting is things entering Canada from china, by way of the us. There are a lot of every day things that ship from china to a us port then are sent up to canada by truck. The us’s 140% tariff or whatever it is would be applied by us customs then still passed along to the consumer in Canada if there is no way to get it refunded once it is re exported, which I’m sure there isn’t. Companies like Walmart will need to find a way to ship more goods direct from china to Canada unless they plan to just raise Canadian prices along with us prices
- Location
- Lloydminster, Alberta
correct. (for now)
