Ordering pistols from Marstar

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I am looking into ordering a few pistols from Marstar and noticed on the order form they want the name of club and membership number. Do I have to have this before even buying a restricted gun? I know I have to get the ATT to transport but to buy as well?


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roadtoruin said:
I am looking into ordering a few pistols from Marstar and noticed on the order form they want the name of club and membership number. Do I have to have this before even buying a restricted gun? I know I have to get the ATT to transport but to buy as well?


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I think the questions for restricted firearms purchases are standard.

Bought a handgun from SIR/Cabelas in Winnipeg and they wanted RPAL number & expiry date, name of shooting club, date and place of birth.

The order for a restricted firearm is usually followed up by a phone call from RCMP/CFC and a referral to CFO-Ontario because all restricted/prohibited transfers have to be cleared by the BUYERS Provincial/Territorial CFO.
 
They don't really need it, but if they have it - and provide it to the RCMP when they initiate the transfer - it will expidite the transfer. The RCMP may not have to call you at all.

If you refuse to provide that information to the retailer they probably will still process the order, but you will necessarily have to talk to a Firearms Officer, and it will almost certainly take longer.
 
Ah got it. So I should probably try and sign up with a local range first then eh? Apparently there's one right near me.
 
Range membership & pistol purchase

I think you will find that range membership is pretty much a pre-requisite for acquiring
restricteds in Ontario now. I know in the old days, you could just have a few pistols
at your home, without belonging to a club, but I'm not sure that would be acceptable
now. And you need to keep your range membership active to have any transport
authorization for your restricteds. Also, since self-defence isn't considered a reason
for owning firearms in Canada (unless you are politically connected, and then it actually
seems to be OK ... but you have to establish a pattern of death-threats or something
like that, I am told), you want to have a range membership, since the reason you must
give for wanting restricted pistols, is "target shooting" - and if you aren't a club
member somewhere, then you will be pooched. When processing your transfer, you
will communciate with the CFC, and they will routinely ask you what your purpose for
owning a pistol is, you will say "target shooting", and then they will ask you what
range you belong to. I don't know, but I suspect that telling them "target shooting"
and then not being able to say which club you will shoot at, is basically a way of
telling them not to process your application! :D
Anyway, join a club, and then your ATT will indicate you will have the authority to
transport your pistols from your home to that club and back again. You may also
be given authority to transport to any club in Ontario, for the purposes of any
competitions you might enter. (Of course, all this was covered on your restricted
PAL course, right?)
And Marstar is good. I bought my first .45 auto from them - a Norinco of course.
This was a few years back. Shipping was pricey, but fast. For less than $400 Cdn,
I had this big, black, shiny new .45 Norc delivered right to my front door by a courier.
Fun stuff.
- Rus
 
Rusfuture said:
I think you will find that range membership is pretty much a pre-requisite for acquiring
restricteds in Ontario now. I know in the old days, you could just have a few pistols
at your home, without belonging to a club, but I'm not sure that would be acceptable
now. And you need to keep your range membership active to have any transport
authorization for your restricteds. Also, since self-defence isn't considered a reason
for owning firearms in Canada (unless you are politically connected, and then it actually
seems to be OK ... but you have to establish a pattern of death-threats or something
like that, I am told), you want to have a range membership, since the reason you must
give for wanting restricted pistols, is "target shooting" - and if you aren't a club
member somewhere, then you will be pooched. When processing your transfer, you
will communciate with the CFC, and they will routinely ask you what your purpose for
owning a pistol is, you will say "target shooting", and then they will ask you what
range you belong to. I don't know, but I suspect that telling them "target shooting"
and then not being able to say which club you will shoot at, is basically a way of
telling them not to process your application! :D
Anyway, join a club, and then your ATT will indicate you will have the authority to
transport your pistols from your home to that club and back again. You may also
be given authority to transport to any club in Ontario, for the purposes of any
competitions you might enter. (Of course, all this was covered on your restricted
PAL course, right?)
And Marstar is good. I bought my first .45 auto from them - a Norinco of course.
This was a few years back. Shipping was pricey, but fast. For less than $400 Cdn,
I had this big, black, shiny new .45 Norc delivered right to my front door by a courier.
Fun stuff.
- Rus
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Same in Quebec. If you do not have a shooting club membership you will not be allowed to buy any restricted. Even worse, if you do not have a Club membership you will be called by the CFO to join one or get rid of your restricted guns. The basis is that they were acquired for target shooting and if you do not do any - you do not need any restricted.

This is the law now for Clubs to advise the CFO when a member drop his membership.

As for Questar - they are A1.
 
BC requires a club membersgip now as prerequisite for a long term ATT, you can't even buy a restricted gun from some dealers without a long term ATT. You need the longterm ATT if you want to bring your restricted firearm from your house to the shoooting range and back.
 
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