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 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/RDasher3333 May 20 '26

The funding agreement does not guarantee compensation. They will collect your firearms and only once the firearm is collected, they will decide if you will be compensated. If the SCC rules in our favour, there’s absolutely no way you get compensated. You are rolling the dice twice essentially

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u/No_Hand1080 16d ago

They tell you immediately if and what you are getting paid