r/canadaguns • u/MannerCurrent7912 • May 09 '26
Feets / Collection / My build Day 4 of PAL
My Second purchase this week. Man I love this thing!
Benelli M4 AI Drone Guardian
I don’t care for the whole “AI Drone Guardian”.
I just love how it comes fully decked out.
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u/YDpr99 May 09 '26
Hey man recently did my CFSC course and waited the 3 weeks for the email with the link to apply for my PAL on the myCFP site. I was wondering after the 28 minimum holding period did it show you were approved online during that period or shortly after? And how long did it take for the card to come in the mail? I’m super excited I’ve been thinking about getting my pal for over 12 years now so the anticipation of waiting is brutal! 😂
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u/GFN_good_for_nothing May 09 '26
Man, I did the course last May and made the absolutely brutal mistake of waiting until I had the budget to buy a rifle or two to send in my paperwork… 2-3 months after I filed I contacted the RCMP to make sure they had all the info they needed and that there were no issues since it was taking so long. After a couple weeks I heard back and they said “all good on our end, we completed our part of the process and the chief firearms officer of Ontario has your application now”. So I contacted the chief firearms officer of Ontario, and a couple weeks later he told me to expect a delay of 6 months. It’s already been over a year since I took the course and it’s probably going to be close to A FULL FUCKING YEAR from the time I filed for me to get my PAL. I had heard some people say they were waiting for 3-4 months and that sounded like a worst case scenario at the time, but the backlog they’re dealing with is so insanely bad right now that it’s gotten even worse. It’s not the CFOO’s fault though, they’re criminally underfunded and overworked by a government that unfortunately doesn’t give a flying fuck at a rolling donut about them. Not much you can do besides show up at protests and rallies, sign petitions, write your local, provincial, and federal politicians, and do whatever else you can to make your voice heard.
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u/MannerCurrent7912 May 09 '26
That’s so frustrating!
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u/GFN_good_for_nothing May 09 '26
Yeah I feel like an idiot for waiting until I had the money but what’s done is done. I wish that there was a middle ground between having our country become a hellscape of gun violence like the states, and well, whatever the fuck THIS is in Canada…
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u/YDpr99 May 09 '26
You were submitting by paper I guess? I just did my course and now everything is online and supposedly much faster
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u/MannerCurrent7912 May 09 '26
I submitted online
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u/YDpr99 May 10 '26
Ya my course instructor made it sound faster like 1-3 months would be the total process now I made sure to submit everything right away the second I had my email I submitted all documents online so hopefully it’s quicker now
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u/TheRealRyan24 May 09 '26
Thats crazy, im in Ontario and did my course in February and had my pal in hand before the end of april.
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u/YDpr99 May 10 '26
Ya my course instructor made it sound faster like 1-3 months would be the total process now I made sure to submit everything right away the second I had my email I submitted all documents online so hopefully it’s quicker now
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u/Ok_Competition6823 May 09 '26
When I applied in 2023 I waited over a year. And if what you said it true and it has gotten worse get ready to wait 1 to 1.5 years then.
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u/TheArchitechs May 11 '26
I waited a year and a week exactly when i got mine like 3 years ago, it was brutal
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u/MannerCurrent7912 May 09 '26
For 5 months it said the same thing. Initial review has been done…check back at a later date… After I applied it took about 5 months. I emailed them and they replied that it was approved and the card will be printed and sent in up to 4-6 weeks. I got it two weeks later.
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u/AsparagusUnhappy5395 May 09 '26
I actually called on the 29th day and got told over the phone that I was approved. Give em a call on day 29 and hopefully they’ll have some good news.
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u/YDpr99 May 10 '26
Ya this was my plan I heard the process is faster now so the 29th day will be the end of this month and I’ll call
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u/Ok-Raise-5115 May 09 '26
I did the course back in 2014 and submitted my paperwork back in November of 2025. From mailing my stuff in to PAL in hand was like 35 days total and that’s with decade plus old paperwork
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u/Strong-Owl-55 May 10 '26
I did my course January 4th and got my pal march 1st so i was pretty stoked sent all my stuff in online
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u/Familiar_Hunt_5164 May 10 '26
Mine took 8 months to come. Its sadly just a long process. I got 100% on both theory and practical tests, I applied online, enquired with the CFP and my CFO frequently but still had to wait it out.
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u/YDpr99 May 10 '26
My friends who applied over the last year made it sound like the process was different from how I applied recently. I got my course results in person then waited 3 weeks for a email with a link to apply for my pal on myCFP where I needed to answer a bunch of questions give two references and one reference for my image which I also had to take a selfie and submit online so I applied for my PAL completely online end to end not sure if the process was the same for anyone else as I believe this whole online system is very new over the last couple months?
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u/PermissionSafe2183 May 09 '26
U can buy 2 1301s for the price of this damnnn
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u/PermissionSafe2183 May 09 '26
Nice gun tho I’m jealous
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u/Big-Guitar-1979 May 09 '26
this one is very limited. Nice
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u/Nawwledge May 09 '26
What model is it?
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u/MannerCurrent7912 May 09 '26
Benelli M4 AI Drone Guardian
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u/Nawwledge May 09 '26
Where did you pick it up from? Looks insane
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u/MannerCurrent7912 May 09 '26
Al Flaherty. Toronto
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u/SleazyGreasyCola May 09 '26
I love going there. The guys who work there are really great and super friendly and I get most of my hunting gear there. G4C is usually my go to for guns/ammo but Als gets some really nice stuff in.
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u/Brymes13 May 09 '26
I strongly considered buying the drone guardian but ended up going with the m4 tactical with fixed pistol stock and sending to tactical ordnance for all the john wick 2 upgrades. No regrets.
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u/MannerCurrent7912 May 09 '26
Let’s see her!
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u/Brymes13 May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26
I was waiting to do a 2 month with PAL post but ok.. m4
Work done:
- open feed port and blend in, tune shell latch
- machine and flute bolt, dlc coating
- drill and tap bolt release
- match saver
- tti accuguide extended carrier
- tti bolt handle
- tac ord oversize bolt release
- tti oversize safety
- tac ord reduced weight trigger spring
- tac ord mag extension
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u/LumberjackCDN Gold'n Loan Outfitters & Pawn May 10 '26
Im a simple man, i see an M4, a real M4, and I updoot.
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u/ButterscotchDull7687 May 11 '26
What grip is that? I wanna get one
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u/MannerCurrent7912 May 11 '26
BCM Gunfighter Vertical Grip Short. I had to add Magpul M-LOK Aluminum Rail Section 5 Slots. To be able to mount it
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u/Dill_Pickle_Tears May 09 '26
W first purchase. This thing is sexy. Though what made you go with the vertical grip vs an angled foregrip? I lean towards angled for the aesthetics on the guardian
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u/MannerCurrent7912 May 09 '26
My buddy has the same model and similar foregrip. I enjoyed this way.
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u/Top_Importance6216 May 09 '26
looool you did it.
everytime I walk into my local shop they try to sell me on this.
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u/thecoolernameistaken May 12 '26
What’s the difference between this and the base model? Just handguard and optic?
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u/MannerCurrent7912 May 12 '26
Bigger bolt release. Theirs a lot of upgrades on this model. Theirs nothing needed to do on this. I just added the vertical grip. My preference.
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u/CommercialOk7295 May 13 '26
*almost nothing to do on this model. You can still add the sj hardware (or other) mag extension to hold 6 2 3/4 shells legally.
Other than that, it's a sweet package. The mlock handguard is so far only available on this guy, making it unique along with the optic which is also only available on the drone guardian as far as I know.
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u/MannerCurrent7912 May 12 '26
“It features a proprietary "Advanced Impact" barrel and choke system designed to improve range (up to 100m) and lethality against small drones”
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u/Observedexperience May 14 '26
Wait, why didn’t my M4 come with a case?!
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u/MannerCurrent7912 May 14 '26
Only when you spend $4500 on the Drone guardian comes with a hard case. Unfortunately
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u/excellentiger May 09 '26
Bro is ready to battle some AI