r/canadaguns • u/BadluckyKamy • Mar 06 '26

Shitpost / Memes Is this qualifying as an antique?

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Im dead serious, obliviously can't buy one but I'm really wondering if that's technically the only full automatic gun legal in Canada

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u/airchinapilot Mar 06 '26

There are fully automatic guns that are legal, just not for us. Museums, movie armorers, manufacturers.. This one, if it isn't deactivated, is under a museum's license.

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u/Cre_AK47 Name Prohibited by OIC Mar 07 '26

Don't forget our grandpa's who have 12.2's still 🫡

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u/GFN_good_for_nothing Mar 07 '26

Never thought about it but some people out there do lol, and the 5-10 round mags that they have for them makes for 0.3 seconds of absolute madness!

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u/Cre_AK47 Name Prohibited by OIC Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 07 '26

Magazine capacity restrictions do not apply to full automatic firearms (unless the magazines are interchangeable with a semi-auto). It's only applies to Centerfire semi-automatic rifles/handguns, rimfire handguns, believe it or not.

Belt feed semi-auto long guns are also not limited if the belt was manufactured before 1945. So basically, a semi-auto Browning, MG34, MG42 can have no capacity limit if the feeding belt is original/predates 1945.

The logic is that if you can possess a full-auto, having a 30-round magazine is the least of the government's worries.

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u/GFN_good_for_nothing Mar 07 '26

Huh, the more you know! I love this sub.