Verifying Firearms?

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I was reading on the CFC website about getting your firearm verified prior to registering it? Is this a requirement?

If so any additional information on the process that is clearer than the CFC website would be appreciated.
 
A firearm must be verified before it can be registered.
Verification can be done by a local verifier if you can find one, or by a CFC verifier over the 'phone.
If you have an unregistered firearm, an non-restricted rifle, for example, you can call the CFC, get the FRT number and verifier information, and then use this information to register the firearm online.
 
Tiriaq is correct. It's as simple as calling the toll-free CFC number and following the prompts. Simply take the verification path on their phone tree and you'll eventually be hooked up with a vereifier.

What you will need for them is the following information:

- Serial Number of the firearm that is to be verified
- Make/Model
- Type of action
- Barrel length

Once they get that from you, they will look it up on their FRT (Firearms Reference Table) and give you a number. They will also give you their verifier ID and name. Copy down ALL that information (they should tell you all this as well while you are on the line with them).

Once you have everything and they say you are good, head on over to the CFC website and register your firearm online. All in all a simple process. For my .22 it took about 10 minutes all said and done.
 
Blurr[SOAR] said:
Tiriaq is correct. It's as simple as calling the toll-free CFC number and following the prompts. Simply take the verification path on their phone tree and you'll eventually be hooked up with a vereifier.

What you will need for them is the following information:

- Serial Number of the firearm that is to be verified
- Make/Model
- Type of action
- Barrel length

Once they get that from you, they will look it up on their FRT (Firearms Reference Table) and give you a number. They will also give you their verifier ID and name. Copy down ALL that information (they should tell you all this as well while you are on the line with them).

Once you have everything and they say you are good, head on over to the CFC website and register your firearm online. All in all a simple process. For my .22 it took about 10 minutes all said and done.
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awesome! i was thinking i physically had to GO to a verifier and get this done. Learning more with every thread:D
 
another thing (thought i might tie it into this thread)

If i go into my local gun shop after receiving my PAL what is the procedure to leave that day with a non restricting firearm? Is there a waiting period before i can take the gun home?
 
team_realtree said:
another thing (thought i might tie it into this thread)

If i go into my local gun shop after receiving my PAL what is the procedure to leave that day with a non restricting firearm? Is there a waiting period before i can take the gun home?
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Usually, no, there is no waitng period for a Non-restricted transfer Unless you have been "flagged" for whatever reason. Usually its walk it, Show PAL, use Credit Card, Store transfers Firearm to your name, you walk out with shiny new firearm. BUT there have been "random" back checks that take up about a week.
 
To add to Blurr: info req'd calibre(in full)
magazine capacity
If you're a new shooter, and buying from a gunstore, the firearm is already verified and registered(to store or owner). Buying from an individual(previously unregistered) requires verification, which is no problem during grace period until next spring, i believe. The only hitch will be if firearm was previously reported stolen, then their only concern seems to be returning it to owner, so you could be out of pocket.
 
The only time you might have to go to a varifier, other than by phone, is if you have a gun that they can't identify by phone. For example some times the serial number does not match what their data base says it should be. This is more likely to happen on older guns. If this does happen just ask them to provide you with the names of varifiers in your area. Best of luck.
 
glycerin said:
To add to Blurr: info req'd calibre(in full)
magazine capacity.
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I don't remember that, but I have only verified and registered one firearm so far, the rest have been simple transfers. I have been known to be wrong......but not often :D

team_realtree said:
if you are not going to register your firearm until the amnesty is expired do you need to have it verified?
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Not quite sure what your angle is on this question but...you will always have to have your firearm verified AND registered if it was not a previously registered firearm, amnesty or not.
 
what i mean is if i am registering a firearm that is old and was handed down to me obviously it will not be from a shop and there will be no transfer. In that case does it need to be verified? Is verifying something that is done prior to registering or a step of?
 
i just registered a non-restricted rifle (previously not registered) over the phone.
call 1-800-731-4000
go through the menu (2-2 if i remember correctly)
have rifle in front of you along with tape measure.
"hi,i want to register a previously unregistered non-restricted rifle."
give model #,caliber, barrel length,pal # and whatever else they ask.

they will give you the reference# and verifier info(her name,code#,...)
write it all down...

go online to the cfc website(google cfc if you don't know the address)

surf the site to find register gun online.
when it asks for previous reg.# click on "other"
and write purchased unregistered (or inherited or whatever...)
when you're done print out or write down ref#.
in 2 or so weeks you should get your registration certificate.

p.s. most ladies @ the cfc are very nice and helpful,but not all.
if you get someone on the phone who starts to "rag" on you make an excuse to hang up...then call back in a few minutes...
 
team_realtree said:
what i mean is if i am registering a firearm that is old and was handed down to me obviously it will not be from a shop and there will be no transfer. In that case does it need to be verified? Is verifying something that is done prior to registering or a step of?
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The scenario you described is one the reasons for firearm verification. I recently verified a nice old Walther target pistol that was inherited and was never registered before. As you correctly assumed, a restricted firearm has to be verified before it's registered for the first time. New restricted firearms are already registered by the manufacturer and

Non-resrtricted firearms don't need verification because they don't need registration. I bought a 100+ year old shotgun a while ago and the only reason I looked it up in the Firearms Reference Table is because I wanted to find out more about it. Speaking of the FRT, there is a free "civilian" copy of it at Canadian Firearms Data & Analytics | Armalytics. You can't use it for official verification but it's a good unofficial research tool.

If you live in GTA and need a firearm verified you can contact me at FirearmsVerifier@gmail.com.

More information about verification can be found here: Verification | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (rcmp-grc.gc.ca) You can also contact your province's Chief Firearms Officer (Contact a Chief Firearms Officer | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (rcmp-grc.gc.ca)

My apologies for resurrecting a decade+ old thread. It came up at the top of my web search and I think the information I added will be useful to others.
 
tiriaq said:
A firearm must be verified before it can be registered.
Verification can be done by a local verifier if you can find one, or by a CFC verifier over the 'phone.
If you have an unregistered firearm, an non-restricted rifle, for example, you can call the CFC, get the FRT number and verifier information, and then use this information to register the firearm online.
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I find this very strange.

Registering a non restricted?

I trust you are thinking about verifying that it is in fact non restricted?

If this is true, then how do you act if you buy this or any non restricted firearm from that individual? There is no verification to be done.
 
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