Rule #1: Have a lot of patience.
Here's a really dumbed-down version of the steps that will take place:
- Buyer becomes member of a club and obtains Long Term Authorization To Transport (LTATT)*
- Buyer finds gun
- Seller verifies the buyer's ID
- Buyer pays the seller
- Seller initiates the transfer with the CFO
- Buyer confirms the transfer with the CFO
- CFO makes up various excuses as to why it's taking so long to rubber-stamp the transfer
- Buyer starts shopping for ammo and other accessories
- Buyer gets impatient
- CFO finally approves the transfer and sends notification to seller and buyer
- CFO provides Short Term Authorization To Transport (STATT)
- Seller sends gun via Canada Post
- Buyer's patience wears thin
- Canada Post leaves parcel on front porch
- Buyer freaks out
- Buyer forgets about Canada Post stupidity once gun is in hand
- Buyer takes a day off from work to go try out gun at range
*This is currently being fought in the courts, but for now let's just assume that we have to comply.
For very vague information about the process, you can check this:
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/f...vendre-eng.htm