WWII / Cold War semi-auto machine gun reproductions
Collective entry for the WWII / Cold War MG semi-auto reproduction segment. Thirty-plus platforms, ten manufacturers, one regulatory outcome.
Is the WWII / Cold War semi-auto machine gun reproductions banned in Canada? Yes. The WWII / Cold War semi-auto machine gun reproductions 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
A collective entry for the WWII / Cold War-era light, medium, and heavy machine gun semi-automatic reproduction segment named in SOR/2024-248. The segment includes Browning M1917 / M1919A4 / M1919A6 / M2 Heavy Barrel reproductions from Lakeside Machine, Tippmann Arms, Northwest Imports, TNW, US Ordnance, Valkyrie Arms, and Wells Custom Gunmakers; the M1918 BAR reproductions from Ohio Ordnance Works; the M3A1 "Grease Gun" reproductions from Valkyrie Arms; the MG13 from Midwest Metal Creations; the MG34 / MG42 reproductions from TNW and BRP and Motiuk Manufacturing and Zastava (under their MG42S name); the M37 / Goryunov SA43 / PKSK reproductions from US Ordnance and Wise Lite Arms and Zlatoust; the Vickers MK 1 from US Ordnance; and others. Thirty-plus platforms across ten manufacturers in five production countries. The Canadian commercial market for these platforms was always small — measured in tens to low hundreds of units per platform — but the segment was the only legal pathway for Canadian shooters to own functional reproductions of historical machine gun designs. SOR/2024-248 captured the entire segment in one OIC. Combined with the earlier WWII / Cold War SMG reproductions entry (Batch 9, entry 90), the Index now covers the complete historical-reproduction segment under two collective entries — roughly fifty distinct platforms across sixteen manufacturers prohibited together.
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Lineage
Parents: WWII / Cold War military machine gun designs (military / LE original platforms, never civilian-legal as select-fire / belt-fed automatics)
Primary sources for this entry
- Canada Gazette SOR/2024-248 (Primary) — Canada Gazette. accessed 2026-05-27
- 324 Firearms Banned in Canada / Silvercore canonical list (Trade press, Secondary) — Trade press. 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.
