What a surprise I received Transfer Approval from the RCMP dated October 25 2023.

[drm3m]

The date they had received the request was August 12 2019.

The firearm in question was a Lanchester SMG (prohib)

The Transfer Notification was signed by Chad Gunn.
Firearms Regulatory Support Services, ASU.

 

[Painkillers]

Forgive me, but I really don't know what this means?

Clearly you're a grandfathered individual who now possesses a Lanchester (congratulations), but I don't understand the delay, or the sudden turn of events. Can you clarify a bit?

 

[drm3m]

I am the seller---I no longer own this Lanchester.
It has taken from Aug 12 2019 until Oct 25 2023 to get this transfer approved.

The new owner in Calgary has had the Lanchester for a long time.

 

[Suther]

If the transfer was just approved how did the new owner have it for a long time?

 

[Bartok5]

If the transfer was just approved how did the new owner have it for a long time?

We shouldn't ask potentially incriminating questions of this sort.....

 

[Painkillers]

We shouldn't ask potentially incriminating questions of this sort.....

Yep. Lock it down.

 

[DaveF]

If the transfer was just approved how did the new owner have it for a long time?

Some questions are much better left unasked.

 

[enefgee]

Four plus years for an approval ought to be illegal.

 

[Suther]

We shouldn't ask potentially incriminating questions of this sort.....

He already incriminated himself, and the buyer for that matter...

Or nothing illegal has occurred and there's more to this story. I was expecting something like it already was approved but now it's been double approved or something else ridiculous caused by the CFP being incompetent.

 

[drm3m]

The RCMP had the Lanchester in Ottawa and had Gunco do certain modifications that they required.
Once done they shipped it .

It was a sweetie!

 

[Suther]

The RCMP had the Lanchester in Ottawa and had Gunco do certain modifications that they required.
Once done they shipped it .

So the RCMP mailed a not-yet-transferred gun to the buyer? Lol

 

[drm3m]

This is what their notice said.

 

[bdft]

Thank God the RCMP was on top of things. That Lanchester could have killed us all. I feel much safer now.

 

[Painkillers]

The RCMP had the Lanchester in Ottawa and had Gunco do certain modifications that they required.
Once done they shipped it .

It was a sweetie!

Nice, .45acp?

 

[Johnyy]

Nice piece ...

 

[drm3m]

The Lanchester was 9mm.

These two photos show the magazine loader and three 50 round magazines made by Sterling.

 

[drm3m]

Back in the early days of my ownership of the Lanchester.

 

[kjohn]

Wow! Nice old piece. Good thing it was deactivated. Nancy Pelosi and the fat a$$ from Ryerson would claim that thing would blow up a tank.

 

[drm3m]

It wasn't deactivated---it was a 12.3 (converted automatic).

 

[OkayShooter]

Another cryptic post by him. I'm pretty sure the buyer really loves you flaunting the serial number around.