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I am going to receive some long guns from my father very soon. He has a nice collection that he has picked up over the years. I had some varied questions that I hope some of you fine folks can help me answer.

1) How easy is it to ship firearms with Canada post? I know about their requirements, but is it really necessary to lock the action or add a trigger lock if it is in a locked case? I would think rendering it inoperable by removing the bolt or putting a zip tie in the action would be sufficient.

2) I have a bit of choice in the firearms he sends me, but my preferred two are a Lee Enfield (not sure of model), a savage model 325 bolt action .30-30, and a Savage model 99C in .308 Winchester. All good deer guns in my estimation, but I don't live on the East Coast anymore and which ones would be the best for hunting in Saskatchewan? The model 325 is my first deer gun and has great sentimental value, so it's a given.

3) Further to the bolt action; anyone use Hornady leverevolution ammo in this rifle? Thoughts?

4) I do have a an RPAL and I may also ask my father for his 9mm pistol, how difficult would it be to ship across Canada, provided I have a local range membership?

Thanks for any and all assistance you could give me. Cheers!
 
A note on zipties, I've heard that they tend to break when used to hold actions open. You can then run into some shady situations where Schrodinger's ziptie makes things complicated. If the package gets inspected, and that ziptie has broken and fallen out, you might not be able to prove that it was intact at the time of packaging.
I forget what brand of rifle ships from the factory with a ziptied action, but I distinctly remember hearing about broken ties showing up in all sorts of places they're not supposed to be.

Don't have any experience shipping things myself, so all I can really say is to go above and beyond the minimum requirements. Buy a cheapnasty lock and save the potential hassle. A big part of what twists the shorthairs of the authority is the ability to load and "use within seconds", they like seeing locks on stuff.
 
The one question I can answer with some experience...

Hornady's LeverEvolution 30.30 ammo rocks...at least in my Marlin 336. Using the 140 gr. GMX version now, best of all worlds. 3" high at 100 yds, dead on at 200! For a 30.30 it doesn't get any better than that!
 
Shipping by Canada post is a snap. I use super cheap trigger locks ( the ones with the little bolt holding the 2 plastic sides together) ,put it in a well padded container, buy appropriate insurance and your done. The long guns you mention are all good for deer with the 308 having a bit more range than the 30-30 or 303.
 
Never locked or ziptied any firearm for shipping. Only requirement is regular post and unloaded...
 
hunting in Sask, longer shots .I would ask for the 308 1st, scope it and practise as much as possible.It will easily give you a 150 yrds more than the other cal.
 
New in the box from a dealer shipped usually finds the bolt removed where applicable
and the box taped shut.
Brown paper wrapped and heavily taped as well.
The CZ came with those band straps cinched around the parcel as well.
 
sir_springer said:
The one question I can answer with some experience...

Hornady's LeverEvolution 30.30 ammo rocks...at least in my Marlin 336. Using the 140 gr. GMX version now, best of all worlds. 3" high at 100 yds, dead on at 200! For a 30.30 it doesn't get any better than that!
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200 yard zero with a .30-30! That is some good ammo! And just to correct my previous post, the bolt action is a Stevens model 325 with the "butter knife" bolt. Looking forward to shooting them at my local range when I get them and then looking for that elusive "big buck".
 
I've never trigger locked any gun I've sold and shipped. Never received a new gun with a lock or anything else. I put them in a suitable box tape shut then wrap it all in brown paper and tape some more and ship
 
Here is the information I got from Canada Post's website:

Customers who wish to ship firearms must:

unload the firearms
attach a secure locking device to the firearms
lock the firearms in a sturdy, non-transparent container, and
remove the bolt or bolt carrier from any automatic firearms (if removable).
Firearms cannot be shipped via air and cannot have any markings on the outside of the packaging. The Customer is solely responsible for meeting all Canadian Firearms Centre regulations.

After a conversation with a local postie, he indicated that taping it up and/or locking it and sending it unloaded without ammo is fine and happens all the time. Do you have to declare that it is a firearm with CP? Somebody mentioned them possibly examining the package at some point earlier in this thread which sounds seriously wrong to me, unless there is suspicion of something dangerous (an unloaded, locked, and inoperable firearm sounds pretty safe to me, unless you hit somebody with it).
 
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