Polish PM63-C
Polish Cold War-era SMG in civilian semi-auto form. Predecessor to the PM84. Closes Poland's lineage on the Index across three platforms.
Is the Polish PM63-C banned in Canada? Yes. The Polish PM63-C is prohibited in Canada. It was named in SOR/2024-248 (December 2024). If you owned one before the deadline, confirm whether it appears on the federal Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program list. The current amnesty for prohibited firearms expires 90 days after the latest Supreme Court appeal termination under SOR/2026-114.
Classification: Prohibited · OIC/SOR: SOR/2024-248 · Ban-Risk: Already Gone · Compensation: Confirm federal list · Amnesty: SCC appeals + 90 days
Verdict
The Polish PM63-C is the civilian semi-automatic export of the PM63 (Pistolet maszynowy wzór 1963) submachine gun adopted by Polish military and law-enforcement in 1965. The PM63 is the predecessor platform to the later PM84 (Batch 9) — same operational concept, smaller and lighter design from the Cold War era. Civilian semi-automatic export variants reached the Canadian collector market in small quantities through the 2010s. SOR/2024-248 named the PM63-C on December 5, 2024. Poland's commercial firearms-export lineage on the Index now spans three generations and four entries: PM63 (1963 SMG, Batch 13), PM84 (1984 SMG, Batch 9), Lucznik BRS99 (PCC, Batch 13), Radom Grot (modern service rifle, Batch 7). Sixty years of Polish military-design heritage in civilian semi-auto form, fully Already Gone on the Canadian market.
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Lineage
Parents: Polish small-arms development → PM63 (1963 original) → PM84 (1984 successor, Batch 9) → BRS99 (PCC variant, Batch 13)
Primary sources for this entry
- Canada Gazette SOR/2024-248 (Primary) — Canada Gazette. accessed 2026-05-27
- PM-63 Wikipedia reference (Public domain, Tertiary) — Other. accessed 2026-05-27
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