r/canadaguns • u/Ace_And_Jocelyn1999 • Jul 05 '26

Gun and gear reviews What’s going on with Gunpost prices?

What makes people post their used guns for above new prices? I’m looking for a 10/22 brand new they’re about $419.99 in my area, but every post I’m seeing is like $500-$1000. Why would anyone pay more for a used gun? I’m not even talking about modified ones, or optics or anything. Just a standard wood stocked ruger 10/22 for like $800.

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u/expatsaffer Jul 05 '26

I have nothing to support this, but my theory is that people are buying them at the inflated prices to avoid having any paper trail that shows they made the purchase. They're willing to pay a premium if it avoids a gun store having the transaction on record if the government decides to continue to expand the bans in the future.

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u/scottsuplol Jul 05 '26

I wouldn’t be surprised had some guy asking to skip the check for an extra 100 told him to kick rocks

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u/mwmwmwmwmmdw Jul 06 '26

then again only a few years ago all you did was tell them your pal number or send a pic of it. there was never any issue selling and people trying to use stolen pals where easy to spot. canada hasnt magically become safe because i need to enter your personal info into a slow glitchy website.

if this was america no one would be bothering with the added pal check and tell the gov to kick rocks.

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u/Iokua_CDN Jul 05 '26

Interesting theory!!! I bet there is certainly some that do that!!

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u/f1vepointoh Jul 06 '26

You are naive if you dont think the RCMP doesnt have access to gunpost PM's and account info. They know exactly who has what and whos sold what. Even if they arent legally allowed to they are doing it anyways. If they need to use it as proof for a case they will just get a warrant to cover their tracks lol. If i can go back and see msgs from 5 years ago so can they lol

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u/CringelordCameron Jul 06 '26

The RCMP doesn't have access to gunposts private messages, the site owner is a member of the Canadian firearms community and isn't just giving up that information to them. It would also be super illegal for them to track private messages between individual owners. The RCMP dosent even have resources to deal with real criminals, they aren't monitoring gunpost 24/7. I've seen many ads that are straight up illegal and they ended up getting marked as sold with zero consequences for the seller.

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u/f1vepointoh Jul 06 '26

While id love to believe that the owner of the site would tell the police to go fuck themselves thats not how it works. Wait till bill c22 becomes law. If he was smart he would have PM's auto delete every 30 days. At some point they are going to start coming for everybody whos got the prohibs. Every time some lunatic shoots up a school or public area there will be more political pressure and they are coming for the sks next 

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u/NaiveTension4164 Jul 06 '26

Just saying here not everyone like uses gunpost I message orignally then usually end up on text none of my GP messages have my saying I’m for sure buying or selling any of the firearms I’ve posted or inquired about the rcmp can kick rocks if they look into my dm’s they can’t prove shit.

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u/AdeptArt Jul 06 '26

I don't know about illegal. RCMP shows up with a warrant, what's the owner gonna do?