r/canadaguns • u/AHangryBeaver • Jun 27 '26

News / Politics / Activism Sks panic sales

Anybody notice that since the incident in Montreal, Sks prices on gun post have dropped by a few hundred bucks?

Seems to be a panic selling spree going on.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '26

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u/yummybunnybear Jun 27 '26

This incident is not one that the government wants to dwell on, seeing that a police officer shot a civilian and it's on video. You know those bureaucrats are all connected at the top.

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u/bosnanic Jun 27 '26

When the civilian death ratio is 1:1 between a deranged gunman and the police it's not a good look. Memory holed just like Tumbler Ridge.

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u/China_bot42069 Jun 27 '26

I wonder if the civilian was a firehall 

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u/mechant_papa Jun 27 '26

No. And she wasn't a mountie

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u/Agent_1812 https://youtu.be/mrAwb9ptu9U Jun 27 '26

we need to ban mountie on mountie violence, maybe take their guns away

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u/black_covfefe_please Jul 01 '26

The civilian was a Rabbi.

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u/Tall_Insect9784 Jun 28 '26

And the kid was an incel leftie communist, not a separatist right kid. They’ll want to bury this one fast

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u/DoorNational5903 Jun 27 '26

They should ban glocks :)

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u/Ok-Yogurt-42 Jun 28 '26

It's one of those incidents that at least some part of it makes every faction look bad, so most people are incentivised to sweep it under the rug.

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u/Reelair Jun 27 '26

He's already proved he's willing to waste capital on this. Hopefully with his "majority " he'll feel less pressured to screw many to please just a small group.

As someone who despises the Liberals, I feel Carney has been doing well so far. This and the developer bailout are my only complaints. Let's hope he's logical on this.

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u/Jman4647 Jun 27 '26

I don't disagree with you on a lot here, but I'll say that Carney is good at looking like he's doing well so far.

I feel like he's not actually really doing much, just saying a lot of things, and Canadians are buying it

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u/Reelair Jun 27 '26

I give everyone a fair chance. Trudeau blew that chance very fast. Carney is still tolerable, the next year will show his true colours.

I was in the same boat as you until recently. He seemed to not be accomplishing much. Then he dropped his Davos speech and changed the world wide trajectory in these Trumpian times. The world was letting Trump do whatever he wanted. Now, people are starting to push back. Not enough pushback, but it's a start.

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u/black_covfefe_please Jul 01 '26

Ok, now I see why you think he is doing well. You are lazer focused on Trump. Try paying attention to what is happening in Canada.

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u/Conscious_Bid_8762 Jul 04 '26

To be fair trump has hurt Canada enough we are talking. About Canada, you know anyone working in forestry ? Or ………..

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u/black_covfefe_please Jul 04 '26

Has he? Seems our own government is the one hurting us.

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u/Conscious_Bid_8762 Jul 04 '26

I agree ours sucks and has for almost two decades… but trumps a douche bag and hasn’t helped the world economy

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u/-rifle-is-fine- Jun 30 '26

I have to give him points for when he was asked bluntly about banning the SKS and brought up listening to the police and bail reform, rather than entertain the idea of another ban.

Hearing any Liberal politician mention bail reform in a manner indicating it needs to be tightened is something I never thought I would hear.

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u/mischling2543 Jun 27 '26

Undemocratically bribing his way to a majority is a big complaint of mine as well

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u/black_covfefe_please Jul 01 '26

Bill C-9? C-22? C-63? C-16? Bypassing democracy? Come on man.

You feel Carney is doing well so far? He is full on Totalitarian.

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u/Vahuo89 Jun 27 '26

Poly never moves on.

Not until every gun is banned and taken from us.

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u/MixSpecific4630 Jun 27 '26

Not near me. They went way up

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '26

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u/TarkovSundays Jun 27 '26

I picked up someones regret yesterday, came with all the goodies. Albeit tho a lot of these people probably picked them up for $250 or maybe even cheaper so they still are making 500-600. So far 5 have gone through my licence and I have dispersed them to family. But picked up the nicest one by far happened to be 1954 Tula.

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u/LumberjackCDN Gold'n Loan Outfitters & Pawn Jun 27 '26

100p

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u/casa_del_porno Jun 28 '26

Yup… used to be $99 for Chinese SKS, $299 for the amazing Yugo version, the M59/66 or $399 at Marstar with a crate of ammo. That was pretty much the price between the late ‘90s to early ‘00s

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u/LumberjackCDN Gold'n Loan Outfitters & Pawn Jun 28 '26

Yeah but gas also used to be 70 cents a litre and now its 1.50. And if youre old enough you can remember sub 60 cents too. And penny candies turned to nickel candies turned to 5 dollar plastic containers with 50 cents worth of 5 cent candies in em.

Unfortunately not the case anymore but what do you do.

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u/Cope180-Enjoyer Jun 27 '26

Prices may not immediately go up especially regionally but sales volume goes up due to fear.

If there is a new jump in price of the sks from retailers then they all usually go up the same time. But retailers don't want to be left holding the bag so they may run sales or drop the price.

Its a mixture of behaviours when uncertainty strikes.

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u/Ok-Bowler-203 Jun 27 '26

I’m just glad I got mine last fall. Zero regrets and I love shooting it.

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u/BrotherLefthand Jun 27 '26

$1200 down to $1000 isn't a deal.

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u/ThrowRA_That_Owl_25 Jun 27 '26

Such 🐈s, unbelievable!

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u/Mysterious_Sleep7443 Jun 27 '26

When they announced it last year all the sheep were selling them at $450/$500

They were all marked Sold on Gunpost too

Good on buyers to snap them up

I scored a minty honor guard chrome plated for $550 shipped

I feel really bad for people who live in fear and panic sell

I feel even more bad for people who are scared to buy stuff because " it might get banned"

If you are panic selling or scared to buy, just give up your PAL and get out of firearms completely

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u/jimjoe21 Jun 27 '26

Lmao 🤣 some people don’t like spending a large amount of money on something that’s likely to become a paperweight in the near future.

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u/Mysterious_Sleep7443 Jun 28 '26

Well said brother , cheers 🍻

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u/Mysterious_Sleep7443 Jun 27 '26

Haha what a way to live , you can always make more money in the future, but you cant always buy a certain firearms

Paperweights and safe queens dont exist in a real man's life

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u/epnk420 Jun 27 '26

Good call lol

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u/Jurple-shirt Jun 27 '26

There was an influx but prices haven't really moved at least for the french ticklers. I've been watching prices because I wanted to buy one and they've been selling for about $750 to 900$.

I did end up buy and receiving mine the same day he shot up the place.

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u/LabAffectionate3785 Jun 27 '26

I see a lot of ammo being posted

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u/Enough_Challenge7264 Jun 27 '26

Where, and is it asking priced to move or...typical $.50 per for ball ammo?

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u/Ok-Raise-5115 Jun 27 '26

I’ve seen the opposite, cheapest one I’ve seen is $700 and it’s a piece of shit

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u/hungbeastfromtheeast Jun 27 '26

I saw this all last year in September I knew prices would rise so I'm glad I got it than a month after I got it they went for 600 to 800

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u/Zealousideal-Hat5814 Jun 27 '26

Got me excited there buddy. I don’t see that

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u/escv_69420 Jun 27 '26

Lol what? Where are you at, and can I come visit on an SKS buying trip? They've hit consistent four figures here since the incident.