Spectre Ltd WS-MCR
Spectre's niche commercial semi-auto. Small Canadian market presence. Named in SOR/2024-248 alongside the major Italian flagship segment (Benelli, Beretta).
Is the Spectre Ltd WS-MCR banned in Canada? Yes. The Spectre Ltd WS-MCR 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
Spectre Ltd is an Italian firearms manufacturer best known for the original Spectre M4 submachine gun adopted by several European law-enforcement bodies in the late 1980s. The WS-MCR is the company's commercial semi-automatic platform that reached Canadian retailers in small quantities through the 2010s — a niche flagship at the $2,500–$3,500 CAD tier, rarely seen in Canadian classifieds compared to the larger Benelli, Beretta, and CZ presences. SOR/2024-248 named the WS-MCR on December 5, 2024. The Italian-manufacturer postmortem cluster now includes the Beretta ARX160 (Batch 2), Benelli MR1 (Batch 8), and Spectre WS-MCR (Batch 9) — three Italian commercial-rifle manufacturers' civilian semi-auto exports prohibited together. Italian premium-tier presence in the Canadian sport-rifle market was substantially reduced by the December 2024 OIC; the country's hunting-rifle and shotgun presence (Beretta sporting shotguns, Benelli sporting shotguns, Sako-Tikka — Finnish but Beretta-owned) remains.
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Lineage
Parents: Spectre M4 submachine gun (1984, military / LE original — never civilian-legal as select-fire)
Siblings: Other Spectre commercial variants (limited production)
Derived: Various WS-MCR sub-configurations.
Primary sources for this entry
- Canada Gazette — SOR/2024-248 — Canada Gazette. accessed 2024-12-06
- Spectre M4 Wikipedia reference (brand parent) — Other. accessed 2026-05-27
Safety note: the Ban-Risk Index is editorial estimation, not legal advice or a substitute for current official guidance. The classification field reflects current RCMP FRT status as of the last-scored date. For any transfer, surrender, deactivation, or transport question, consult primary RCMP / Public Safety Canada sources and, where appropriate, a Canadian firearms lawyer.
