Updated! - April 28, 2006: Handloading Ammunition Regulations

[Splatter]

It's been updated again.

http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/mms/explosif/pdf/pl_part8_draft20_e.pdf

I've already written my polite letter disagreeing with 147(3)(f), pointing out that surplus powder, bullets and cases have been used for decades with an extremely high safety record.

 

[Why not?]

Looking at Section 143 - Record of sale.

Apparently dealers will be required keep a record of every sale for minumum of two years.

Not just the name and address of the buyer, but the make, type and quantity of powder purchased.

Is this a new provision?

Ted

 

['Boo]

Is this a new provision?

Ted

Not all of it. The retailers are supposed to record all sales, including amounts, under the current regulations. Some don't however even though their licence is on the line each time they ignore the requirements.

 

[PsyEx]

Seems to be hit and miss. I have bought smokeless powder many time without it ever being recorded, and then last week they recorded a new purchase, Today I bought more and no record.

 

[Smokey]

Do I have to build a seperate "storage unit" for my powder, bullets and primers? Or can I just leave them on a shelf in the locked gun room? Smokey

 

[KyleM]

It's a gawdawful lot better than it was before, but it's a long way from acceptable still. I have a problem with the detail required for the powder log, and the fact that you can't use whatever surplus bullts you happen to find... SS109s have a penetrator, so some people would call that an armour peircing design. Would that make handloading SS109 bullets a prohibited act?