r/canadaguns • u/567432Gains • May 27 '26

Feets / Collection / My build Finally joined the handgun community

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It’s an antique, but an extremely well maintained one. The Webley WG Army & Navy model.

Estimated date of production: 1892

6” barrel

Squared grip

Church steeple cylinder

Appears to be completely matching parts

Going to get it looked over by a gunsmith before I take it out, but I’m looking forward to taking it out for the first time.

I won a Martini Henry Mark IV at auction not long ago so I’m able to say I have the matching rifle and pistol for that time period together.

Next goal is a Swiss revolver (the M1882) to match my K31 rifle.

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u/soylentgreen2015 May 27 '26

What am I missing here? I'm a handgun owner as well. My understanding was the changes meant we couldn't buy/sell/transfer handguns anymore. This might be an antique, but it sounds like it's not inactivated.

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u/567432Gains May 27 '26

Antiques don’t have to be inactive to be antiques. You don’t need a license to get an antique even if it’s fully functioning.

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u/SoldiersofChristBR May 28 '26

What quantifies an "antique". Seems like a loop hole to try and mass produce some antique appearing guns to sell 

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u/567432Gains May 28 '26

In order to qualify as an antique, it has to have been manufactured in 1897 or prior, not chambered in a caliber commonly available, not chambered in a banned caliber, and then there are some other rules that you can look up that I cannot quite remember off the top of my head.

Also, the word you are looking for is “qualifies”, not quantifies.

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u/567432Gains May 28 '26

Also, to make it very clear, just because it was designed before 1898 does not make it an antique. Each individual firearm needs to be manufactured BEFORE 1898.

An example of this would be that only some Webley MKIII and Webley WG revolvers are antique status because only some of them were manufactured before 1898.

It’s because of this rule serial numbers matter. Often people get them certified by the RCMP as antique and will do research into the manufacturers records to find out when the frame (the part of the firearm with a serial number on it) was manufactured so they can get it certified.

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u/567432Gains May 27 '26

Although one of the stipulations in order for it to be classified as an antique is that the ammo cannot be readily made available or purchasable. As in it can’t be a modern ammunition something that’s no longer produced.