r/canadaguns • u/Benefit_Waste • Jun 07 '26

Misc Deactivated firearms question

Hi there, if i wanted to get a deactivated firearm, are there extra steps i need to go through ? On collectors source, they got brens and type 56s aks on there that are deactivated. Thinking of purchasing one sometime. Any replies are great, thank you

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u/AdeptArt Jun 08 '26

Pretty sure you just buy it and ask for it to be deactivated. Once that's done, its no longer a gun, just a hunk of metal.

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u/Benefit_Waste Jun 08 '26

Even if it's a hunk of metal, it's a cool piece of metal to have.

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u/AdeptArt Jun 08 '26

Well actually its a slightly more useful hunk of metal, cuz depending on the deactivation (and the rifle) you can still keep/remove the mag, sights, stocks, etc. Anything not welded.

But yeah what I meant by hunk of metal wasn't an insult, it just means it is treated legally the same as a hunk of metal (which means nothing special)