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

You will likely get an email in the next week to confirm an appointment and sign a funding agreement. Depends on how early you were in the process. I received mine two weeks ago, others I know received theirs last week. My appointment is in about two weeks at my local detachment.

Ignore all the salty responses, 99% of them are from people that dont even have any prohibs to begin with. If I listened to the crowd here I wouldn't be buying a Carmel guilt free and would be stuck with $22,000 in prohibs I cant use.

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u/iTzDusty 14d ago

BC, and yes I think Ontario is going to be a long wait at this rate