Obligatory first gun

[u/Unlucky_Mc]

Welp, looks like I got lucky on the pal wait list lottery and ended up getting my license after 5 weeks. So he's the first purchase 🤣 h006 big boy 357. Not pictured is the family heirlooms (cooey 600, 1915 bsa 303)

[u/YDpr99]

I don’t think the waitlist is that bad I was told the day after the 28 day minimum hold I was approved and got my license in the mail a week later. All together from taking my course and getting my license was probably around 7 weeks since my course teacher was slow to send our original documents in

[u/Unlucky_Mc → u/YDpr99]

Some people it's immediately after the waiting period, some it's months after that. From what I understand, it depends on how you apply, how well you filled everything in, if the picture is correct (ie passport photo vs firearms photo),the volume of applications at the time, and the CFO of your province. My best friend waited about 6 months but I got mine just over 5 weeks from applying.

[u/YDpr99 → u/Unlucky_Mc]

Ya but I think the new system which is all done online now is much faster in general and especially if you follow your and call the CFO I know as of a couple months ago when I got my license it all went digital which made the process super fast for me since my references all confirmed the information the same day they got contacted and I also made sure all information was accurate so they wouldn’t send anything back compared to when you still had to mail in documents like my bothers buddies earlier in the year or 2025 it’s so much slower