r/canadaguns • u/Royal-Aviator07 • Mar 30 '26

Misc Does military surplus exist in canada?

I mean are there any milsurp stores that sell any firearma cause whenever i go to a city when i can i go and shop at a store that sells milsurp clothes and i shop there but they dont have any guns so are there any stores that still do that or is it no more? (Im young and dont know if it exists here never heard of it so relax)

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u/MapleDesperado Mar 30 '26

It’s been decades since a surplus store in Canada would have had firearms.

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u/Royal-Aviator07 Mar 30 '26

Wack

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u/MapleDesperado Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

I’ve been trying to conjure up the name of a specific place. In Toronto. It would have been the 70s, possibly very early 80s. They had a catalog that I recall was printed on standard letter sized paper, single fold. I somehow came across one down east. They had everything! Snowshoes, winter sleeping bags, and rifles. In particular, I remember a folding aircrew survival rifle, and lots of Lee Enfields.

Was it simply “Army & Navy”?

Anyway, that was also in the days you could find guns and ammo at Canadian Tire. And that was long enough ago that by the time I wandered into a Virginia Walmart circa 1993, I was shocked to see a bunch of of snub-nosed revolvers just sitting there in a glass case closer to the front doors than anything else.

The math suggests I’m getting old(er). :)

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u/Fine-Tie2651 Mar 30 '26

Army and navy was a surplus store I believe