I am not stating this, I am copying and pasting what the CSSA sent to me. I prey that it can be done out of country and manufactures are willing to do this for us.
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/...-2016.html?soid=1124731702303&aid=oBttDf0mH0M
I see, so it wasn't you saying this, it was, whoever, that wrote this piece for the CSSA newsletter, that is saying it. Thanks for the link and for clearing that up at least. But, I still don't see what they're basing this claim on.
Why can't the manufacturers apply the marking when the firearm is manufactured? Because Canada’s Bill C-10 Regulations state precisely when those markings must be applied:
3. (1) Every individual, business or public service agency that imports a firearm shall ensure that the firearm is marked in accordance with section 4 before the 60th day after its release as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act or before transferring the firearm, whichever occurs first.
It says that they must be marked by the 60-day point after their release. But where does it say that they can't be marked before the release, or even before they arrive?
Let's take these Type 81's for example. At some point, after production finally starts, I don't see why TI (or the importer/exporter/middle-man) can't go over to China, or find some other way, to "ensure the mark is there", on the specific rifles they are buying and shipping to Canada. They'll arrive in Canada already marked and good to go.