r/canadaguns • u/canadam1111 • 21d ago

Misc Moving to USA - Options on Handguns

We are moving to the USA and I have filed a atf form 6 to bring most of my firearms. They accepted most but two hand guns and the AR and one Winchester SXP of all things! What are my options I obviously don’t want to turn them in. Is there a way to sell those handguns in Canada before we go?

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u/OCTS-Toronto 21d ago

Can you strip all the parts and take them with you? Then just buy a frame in the US and rebuild your pistol(s)? You can destroy the gun portion (usually the frame but it depends) and just report it to the RCMP as destroyed.

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u/canadam1111 21d ago

Appreciate this suggestion I will check on the ATF side.

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u/OCTS-Toronto 21d ago

Clearly NAL, but if it's not a gun by the US and Canadian legal definition then you would not have to declare it as a gun when crossing the border. It would be just metal parts .

What is considered to be a gun can be complicated. I've used irunguns in the past to navigate the legal channels. If you can afford the fees it's a great service.

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u/canadam1111 21d ago

Thank you for this! Ironically enough I did call them about the Sfp9 and ar.

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u/Spydude84 21d ago

Gun parts can still be restricted, so you may not have to declare a gun, but you would have to declare gun parts.

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u/OCTS-Toronto 20d ago

What is an example of a restricted gun part? Are you thinking of scopes under ITAR?

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u/Spydude84 20d ago

Pretty sure you need import paperwork for any firearms part, unless exempted. Barrels are one such example you need paperwork for. Firearms parts are considered defense articles.

Go read ATF Form 6 as a starting point.

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u/OCTS-Toronto 20d ago

It can't be that black and white. I shipped a cz bolt to the US for warranty repair. Didn't need a customs form. And I got an extractor from Ruger in the mail.

This was well before COVID and it's possible that they tightened the rules. But you can get rails and other parts of amazon.com so not everything is excluded.

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u/Spydude84 20d ago

Like, I said, there are some exemptions. Warranty repair iirc is one of them, low value items too.