r/canadaguns • u/SpectreBallistics Spectre Ballistics International (Verified) • Jun 01 '26

Misc New FRT Tool

Ok, so this is off topic from what I usually do... But over the weekend I decided to make a tool to parse the 108,000 page PDF of the FRT the RCMP publishes a couple times per month. It was pissing rain and windy, so this was more fun than shooting.

Today I'm launching https://gunlink.ca/ The site will let you search the FRT, see classification, cross references, and other info. It will also let you download the pdf for a specific firearm. There's still some features I want to add, but for now it's mostly working.

For the fellow nerds, here's my source code for parsing the PDF: https://github.com/alkalifeldspar/Frt-Parse

It takes an hour and a bit to process the PDF into a MySql DB.

Disclaimer: This is 100% a personal project and not owned or operated by SBI. The site is an unofficial reference only. Data may be incomplete, incorrect, or out of date. Do not rely on this information as a legal or authoritative source — consult the official RCMP Firearms Reference Table for authoritative information.

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u/Claus-Buchi Jun 01 '26

Very very cool project, thank you!

Unrelated: why do some firearms(like the “Simonov Type 56 SKS”) appear more than once?

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u/SpectreBallistics Spectre Ballistics International (Verified) Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

Probably because they're different factories or something. They have different FRNs.

Also, there are probably errors in the FRT.

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u/Remarkable_Vanilla34 Jun 01 '26

If you ask me theres at least 2500 errors lol

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u/Acceptable_Visit_115 Jun 01 '26

Different manufacturers have different entries

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u/BrotherLefthand Jun 02 '26

The FRT features rifles that have been converted to R from NR. You'll find SKS with custom short barrels on the list.