r/canadaguns • u/kwc_king • May 17 '26

Application / Regulation advice PAL IN 30days

Hello everyone, and happy long weekend.
I wanted to share my timeline for the non-restricted and restricted PAL.
I applied online on April 4, 2026. My reference checks were completed the next day. By May 4, 2026, my licence was approved and shipped.
I received my PAL in my mailbox last Tuesday.

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u/SSjGuitarist May 17 '26

Similar timeline for me a couple years ago except I mailed the forms and everything in before remembrance day weekend, got the PAL in the mail day before New Year’s Eve

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u/kwc_king May 18 '26

Amazing

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u/SSjGuitarist May 19 '26

Yeah. I was surprised. And by the next day I was driving 2.5 hrs away to buy my first gun, tm22 feather off a guy I found on gunpost the day before lol. I definitely overpaid looking back, but the feathers weren’t being sold anywhere in Canada at the time, so I really didn’t care. I just wanted it haha

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u/kwc_king May 19 '26

I can see gunpost seller selling same as shops but used, Its better to pay HST and buy new gun. I cant find a good deal

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u/SSjGuitarist May 20 '26

If you want to believe the guy at his word, and I realistically have no reason not to, he bought the gun in Manitoba before he moved to GTA and then found out a range membership here would cost more than the rifle so he decided it wasn’t worth it. At the time of purchase, it had the box, the chamber flag, the manual, the tools for disassembly, the mags, and two 100 round boxes of CCI mini mags. For 500. The only other Tm22s on the market I could find were the 1st gen aluminum receiver ones with that awful stick non adjustable stock for the same price. It was so cool looking I didn’t even hesitate to give him what he was asking for. If it had ever been fired he did an amazing job of cleaning any evidence of it, and I never regretted the purchase for a second. Sure I was a little annoyed when my LGS got some feathers in two years later and they were selling for 399, but meh lol. I had already had tons of fun with mine by that point lol. Though these days I don’t think there is such a thing as deal on gunpost lol. If there is it’s gone in less than an hour lol