r/canadaguns • u/dke783 • Apr 12 '26

Gun and gear reviews Leduc Canadian Tire: fight the good fight!

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Because Canadian Tire is a dealer-franchise, each independent dealer has some sovereignty in how they run their individual retail location's inventory (i.e. how much of a firearms storefront they choose to run). The Leduc, Alberta location is owned by a mining engineer. And in my experience, mining engineers like firearms, hehe

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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 Apr 12 '26

I bought my first rifle at Canadian Tire in Ontario. That was the day after getting my PAL at the police station upon successfully passing my 10 question true or false quiz.

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u/Infinite-Bill1072 Apr 12 '26

Lol what year was that?

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u/AnvilsHammer Apr 12 '26

1863, went with the Kentucky rifle over the brown Bess. Prefer battle tested muskets over fancy barrels with grooves in them

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u/handen Apr 12 '26

19-Dickety-Six

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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 Apr 12 '26

1988 or 89. I don't recall when they switched from a short quiz to a full on safety course, but back then it was literally a 5 minute true or false test. And I did have to go to the police station to take it. This was for a regular long gun PAL, of course.

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u/Infinite-Bill1072 Apr 12 '26

Lolll and you got the pal the same day? Fucking hell that wouldve been the time to be alive, but alas, I was not even a sperm at that point

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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 Apr 12 '26

Yup same day. The cop i was dealing with typed it out right there using a blank PAL certificate. I'm going to see if I can dig it up.

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u/Infinite-Bill1072 Apr 13 '26

Frame it, that is awesome... Gone are the days of trust between the people and the government

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u/adhq Apr 12 '26

Let me guess. They also had buckets full of SKS' at every corner of the isles, for 69.99 each