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so standard procedure is to make a deal with the seller of an auction, submit to the cfc, win the auction, then get it shipped? If there are several auctions, is it possible to submit several guns to the cfc so you can know for sure that it's legal before making a winning bid on the auction?
 
Hmmmm... and there isn't an issue with believing your gun is an antique, then having the cfc disagree? I'd think that since the batf can make mistakes, so can the cfc.
 
that's why being educated about what qualifies as antique in Canada is important.Do your homework,ask all the right questions and leave no room for doubt BEFORE you buy.The status letters say in so many words that it was issued based on info provided by you.
 
Fair enough. So so far the cfc hasn't had any disagreements over guns that were made pre 1898 and weren't in their list of calibers? I remember a post about a forum member that ran afoul of the BATF because his gun was made pre-1898, but the production run ran over the new year and the batf listed all of them as non-antiques. I was worried that the cfc had something similar. Murphy's law says that that would be the exact make and model of gun that I would buy on my first try. :p
 
You technically don't even need a letter to import an antique. My last was without letter, I just had the seller state on the box the make, model, year & caliber. Customs opened it to check and it came through in less than a week and a half from purchase date. Probably best to get a letter though.
 
M_A_T_T said:
You technically don't even need a letter to import an antique. My last was without letter, I just had the seller state on the box the make, model, year & caliber. Customs opened it to check and it came through in less than a week and a half from purchase date. Probably best to get a letter though.
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My last 5 guns I did with out an antique letter. Get the seller to print out a copy of the auction and you should be fine. (4 out of the 5 boxes where open at customs and they let them all fly by and the ones that where stopped where like 15-20 days
 
Ok. Update I had 15 antique guns shipped to me over the 2 months. 6 of them got stuck in customs and I had to mail them a copy of the antique letters. Then they let them go.

Out of the 15 boxes

6 got stuck. (30-40 days to get them out of customs)
4 got open at customs (they where 20-25 days till I got them)
And other where not opened. (12-15 days till I got them.)

All where cheap $100-200.00 antiques.
 
I'll call and inquire about the e-mail on monday
You might be faster to call and ask for a tech tell them you need an antique status letter and need to speak to a tech.
 
FYI 1094 is another link to a verifier of some kind, seeing as the verifiers extension at 1090 seems to have forgotten to turn off their automatic "we're closed" message...
 
Hhaha - I was trying to get a pistol verified. I've called 4 times in 5 days and sat on hold for 30 minutes a shot before hanging up. Called the transfer number, they talked to a verifier, transferred me, sat on the phone for 35 minutes this time. Called the 1094 number on a seperate phone and got transferred directly to a verifier, who had me fill out a form online and then email her. Now we play the waiting game for the status email.

In the long run I know it's cheating to go around the phone tree, but it's been a week and the seller wants to ship the gun and I was getting a tad fed up.
 
Looking at buying a antique revolver off gun broker. You guys state that its best to have the seller write on the box that its an antique gun ect.

What do you mean by on the box?. Isnt it risky shipping a box with "gun" written on it.
 
Tyockell18 said:
Looking at buying a antique revolver off gun broker. You guys state that its best to have the seller write on the box that its an antique gun ect..
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The US shipper has to make a customs declaration of the contents and unless I am mistaken that is pasted on the outside of the package. Go up to the top and check the stickies for the particular sections of the Canada Criminal Code and the Statements of Regulation. The declaration slip should read antique as per cc84 1 (a) (for a muzzle loader) or as per cc84 1(b) and SOR 98 - 464 for cartridge guns as the case may be.
Hopefully Canada Customs will be knowledgeable of what that means

cheers mooncoon
 
I have them write antique American sporting goods as the declaration no lie there if I have a RCMP antique letter I get them to put it on the box in an envelope marked Canada customs
 
Is there an actual Canadian Customs Declaration form?. Or just state on a piece of paper stuck to the package whats inside.

Sorry this is just a new process for me so I don't wanna F anything up.

DEZ said:
I have them write antique American sporting goods as the declaration no lie there if I have a RCMP antique letter I get them to put it on the box in an envelope marked Canada customs
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I'm gunna try this I guess.
 
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