Benjamin pioneer airbow legal?

[NorthBcMoose]

Is a Benjamin airbow legal for bow season? What about on todagin?

[Mauser98]

Don't know if the air bow is legal but it seems to fall under the definition of 'firearm' in the Wildlife Act.

"firearm" includes a rifle, shotgun, handgun or spring gun and any device that propels a projectile by means of an explosion, compressed gas or spring but does not include a bow;

[Gateholio]

Wouldn't be legal for bow season, and I actually think that it falls under a restricted or prohibited law in Canada anyway. Can't recall exactly what they ruled it or why.

[Shooter]

Ya I think GH is right. Pretty sure its prohibited in Canada.

[Asco]

Anybody know the bit of legislation that specifically prohibits the airbow?
Im not here to be a dink, just want to know why I can't have one...

anybody?

[Shooter]

I had heard that they were going to be prohibited from a pretty good source before the actual release of them. Digging further I cant't find any legislation on that. But digging in to my city bylaws it appears that they would not be legal for use in the legislated "bow-only" zone. Possibly in the shot-gun zone tho. I am going to forward this question on to a couple friends that I know and get an official answer on that.

This is quoted from the city bylaw here.


THEREFORE the Council of the City of Campbell River in open meeting assembled, enact asfollows:


This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "Firearms Regulation Bylaw No. 2279,1994". Firearms shall mean any gun using as a propellant, explosives, compressed air or gas andwithout limiting the generality of the foregoing includes pellet pistols, pellet guns and B.B.guns whether explosives, compressed air or gas are used as a propellant therein orotherwise.

[Bonz]

what sort of game can a person hunt with other air rifles anyways?

[Bonz]

bow only or bow regs relate to min poundages to hunt...like 40 for archery. what is its poundage? to be classed as a bow..it cant be, if anything it would be a firearm that projects arrows. whole new class id think

[Bonz]

they know its not legit in alot of places to
they supply the stuff to fight for legislation on main page actualy

"If you believe there’s room in the woods for something that moves an arrow at 450 FPS, that shoots straighter and is more accurate but isn’t driven by a string, and is safer and easier to operate, then please contact your legislators and wildlife officials. Tell them you want to use the Pioneer Airbow in a crossbow or archery season. Download this informational packet (https://www.crosman.com/media/pdf/airbow/Benjamin-Pioneer-Airbow.pdf) and get it into their hands by email, snail mail or personal delivery. With your help, we can introduce more people to hunting with airguns and with the Airbow, we can bring back those who may have left it."

[Stresd]

Seem to remember reading that the RCMP had classed it as bullpup and prohibited
found these

ontario outdoors:

know this is an older post but i emailed the rcmp and this is the answer
Good day,
in answer to your question the Benjamin Pioneer Airbow is classified as a rifle.

This rifle is Prohibited in Canada under the definition of "Prohibited Device" in "Part III/Firearms and Other Weapons" of Section 84 of the Criminal Code of Canada having a bullpup stock.

Hope this help.



Mario Lussier
Firearm Technology Unit / Groupe de la technologie des armes à feu
Royal Canadian Mounted Police / Gendarmerie royale du Canada Canadian Firearms Program / Programme canadien des armes à feu 1-800-731-4000 (tel:1-800-731-4000) ext/poste: 1090 (ENG), 1091 (FRE)

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The Benjamin Pioneer as just been classed prohibited by the RCMP because it is Bull-Pup

what a shame very disappointed

[brian]

Even if it were legal I think you'd be hard pressed to have this classified as a bow. In its very essence the root meaning of the word bow means to bend. Bows are all powered by their limbs which store energy. Once you get rid of the limbs, you no longer have a bow. This is a high power air rifle that shoots an arrow. I doubt it would be included in archery only seasons and would be governed by whatever laws cover high powered air rifles.

[Bonz]

i wouldnt call it a bow at all. no string to repell the arrows. its a rifle if anything. the on,ly diff is the projectile, and that isnt how they realy define the weapon itself by the ammo

[604Stalker]

Apparently they define it by the stock.

[kyleklassen]

What does pope and young think of it?

[Asco]

There's a whole thread on what P&Y classify as a bow.

Short answer: no to crossbows or anything that's not an actual bow.

[Camp Cook]

Yeah I know holy thread revival = but my inquiring mind is curious if there are any updates on this airbow?

This would be awesome to hunt local blacktail deer with.


https://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2016/01/04/video-jim-shockey-takes-down-buffalo-with-air-powered-bow/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwqMkjYjmtw