r/canadaguns • u/goshathegreat • Jun 05 '26

Feets / Collection / My build Now the wait begins…

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u/SameOldGG Jun 05 '26

Exemption??

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u/FuzzyLampShade Jun 05 '26

Competition. Must have RPAL, be a member of a shooting club, and be a member of the Shooting Federation of Canada I believe. Also, I believe it only exempts you from buying .22 pistols. I don’t have one, this is only what a gathered from doing my own personal research. If anyone has better info please correct me.

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u/Vintage_Pieces_10 Jun 05 '26

I have my exemption but I’m not a member of the shooting federation of Canada, just BCTSA. Generally it limits you to .22 pistols, but there is a part of the exemption where you can apply for higher calibers. Easy to do in Alberta, harder to do here in BC, and unknown in the rest of Canada

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u/rofl3030 Jun 05 '26

Do you actually have to compete or? The reason I ask is I want to get into target shooting. But can only go to one or two competitions a year.

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u/Vintage_Pieces_10 Jun 05 '26

Not exactly, the exemption form states that you WISH to compete or train in the discipline (on the handgun exemption page of the BCTSA website, they explain a little bit of the process)