r/canadaguns Apr 21 '26

News / Politics / Activism Goodbye GNG 😢

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u/Saskatchewan-Man sk Apr 21 '26

I dunno, I think it needs more ellipses and typos.

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u/Possible_Jellyfish69 Apr 21 '26

"Lively hoods" gave me a chuckle. Feel bad for them though

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

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u/Ok-Regret6767 Apr 21 '26

If this is the way they write regularly I'm not sure I can be convinced legislation change is the only reason they are going out of business.

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u/zeeloniusfunk Apr 21 '26

Either that’s a hilarious typo in and of itself or you’re being serious lol

Edit. Oh nvm i see the reference hahah

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u/AcanthisittaNo7338 Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

Well, having been to Napanee gun works. I prefer SFRC or Bronson and Bronson. NGW never had much of interest, and they were in fucking Napanee. Which is out of the way for everything. Since Bronson and Bronson remain open, as does SFRC. I dont think Trudeau had anything to do with this shitty little gun store closing, especially since i never saw them carry anything note worthy from the ban list. 🤷 how's that for ill informed.

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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

Tenda and G4C are packed with customers; actually, all the Toronto gun stores are busy.

Sure, perhaps they have fewer items to sell, but business seems brisk.

I'm not so sure the gun ban specifically killed their business—there are still a lot of niche areas they could have tapped into, like 10/22 parts, precision rifle parts, shotgun modifications, or various other goods, gadgets, and gear that are only available in the US market.

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u/AdditionalLoss7274 Apr 21 '26

Reliable Gun just opened up a second store as well. I'm business must be good. Somehow. I can barely afford to eat, not sure how people are affording guns and ammo. Credit, must be.

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u/GoGetInvolved Apr 22 '26

The sector isnt doing fine though. Business firearm license numbers and range numbers are both down. Some have it worse than others but the bans have hit the sector hard.

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u/Gonky69 Apr 21 '26

Ruger pcc carbine. Kodiak type 81 every bullpup shotgun jr carbines and few others. They carried now banned guns

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u/AcanthisittaNo7338 Apr 21 '26

I never saw Kodiak or type 81s there. But a lack of diversity is still a failure on their part. I could never find ammo i was looking for there either.

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u/Gonky69 Apr 21 '26

Had the gen 2 kodiak if you look on their old facebook posts you can see it just not the type 81

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u/AcanthisittaNo7338 Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

Ok cool, SFRC had crates of Gen 2s, and they'd mail them right to your door via their website. You're trying to defend a store that was in the middle of no where, didn't have much that was interesting, didn't have ammo, and didn't have a website. This has to do with bad business practices. Not the liberals. I'm pissed off about the bans too but come on.

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u/Gonky69 Apr 21 '26

A town that is next to the former capital of canada but okay small town nobody knows about

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u/LePapaPapSmear Apr 21 '26

Virtually no one knows about napanee lmao. There is nothing memorable about the town aside from it being the birthplace of Avril and even that is fading.

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u/_MlCE_ Apr 21 '26

Their ONroute was decent

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u/Low-HangingFruit Apr 21 '26

Yeah, they specialized in high turnover black guns and nothing else.

Almost like stores that are ingrained in all types of shooting sports/hunting are more resilient.

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u/AcanthisittaNo7338 Apr 21 '26

More specifically, turknisium shotguns where their favorites. The few times I went in there that was 99% of their stock. No other hunting gear, no other outdoor gear, not even boxes of clay pigeons. Just Turkish bullpups.

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u/Johnsnowookie Apr 21 '26

They had plenty to choose from before the bans, including handguns, now the only place to get ammo in Napanee, is crappy tire. Which sucks donkey balls

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u/Reasonable_Camel8784 Apr 21 '26

They can have my lively hood. I'm not using it right now.

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u/OkLack5468 Apr 21 '26

Couldn’t afford the ink