r/canadaguns 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 May 19 '26

No problem, I took a lot of flak when I expressed this a few months ago so I get it.

I also just received my boxes for submission, once you've made your appointment theyll send you a box by canada post for each gun, you box your gun up prior to your drop off appointment.

Just in case you missed an email you should check the compensation website to see if you received any messages.

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u/Uhuru2019 May 20 '26

Sounds good, thanks

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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/Uhuru2019 Jun 04 '26

Awesome, thanks for the update.