r/canadaguns • u/AdeptArt • May 05 '26

Milsurps / Prohib Deactivated firearms?

Since so much has been banned I wanted to try something new and ask y'all about dewats. Anyone own them? Or hate them? I can imagine we might get a lot of dewat AR's come october of this year (since they were originally registered). Better that than handed in.

Just curious what r/canadaguns thinks about that category of "non-firearms" in general.

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u/goodfleance May 05 '26

I managed to get a Chinese Tokarev just before the handgun freeze. It cost $299 brand new, plus tax.

Deactivated, they sell for $600 and up on gunpost now and they're welded completely solid.

Definitely not worth it in most cases, you can probably get a full metal Airsoft gun for far less and at least you can actually pull the trigger on it.

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u/HALF-PRICE_ May 08 '26

The problem is that the Airsoft replicas are being classed as replicas and that in itself is a criminal code charge under the firearms act.