r/canadaguns • u/Uhuru2019 • May 18 '26

Application / Regulation advice Status of Buyback

Anyone know what the current status of the buyback is? While I oppose it in principle, I bought a Springfield M1A for pure novelty and jumped at the chance to get virtually all of my money back for it. I went through the application process and now, crickets...

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u/iTzDusty Jun 02 '26

Just to update you, did my dropoff today, took like 10 minutes, was painless. Within an hour my portal account was updated showing all of them were verified and payment will be issued.

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u/nothingherej Jun 03 '26

Which province are you in?

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u/iTzDusty Jun 03 '26

BC, lower mainland

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u/iTzDusty Jun 04 '26

I think early May, they didnt process anytbing until the end of April. If you arent in BC then its hard to say, I don't think anything has moved forward in alberta for example

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u/iTzDusty Jun 04 '26

I would reach out to them via the number they have on the website just to be sure, but if you aren't in the lower mainland then it might be that theyll start processing applications for other parts of BC once they have the collection locations sorted out. The location I went to is only going to be operating for two weeks