Rifles and shotguns, checked baggage only, per Transport Canada Regulations. The tariff separately states firearms and ammunition "for hunting and sporting purposes" are accepted as checked baggage if unloaded, with the safety catch "on" and suitably packed; firearms/ammunition for any other purpose are prohibited from carriage as baggage. Antique firearms, swords, knives and similar weapons may be accepted at the carrier's discretion if suitably packed.
The website names only "rifles and shotguns" as accepted. The tariff's accepted-items clause is phrased more broadly as firearms and ammunition "for hunting and sporting purposes," without naming a firearm type, and separately prohibits firearms/ammunition carried for any non-hunting/sporting purpose. Not resolved here - a traveller with a hunting handgun cannot tell from either source alone whether it is accepted.
palairlines.carifles and shotguns will be accepted on PAL Airlines as checked baggage only
Tariff (contract of carriage)Firearms and ammunition for hunting and sporting purposes will be accepted as checked baggage provided the firearms are not loaded, the safety catch is in the "on" position and the firearms are suitably packed.
Follow the stricter of the two. Meeting the tougher requirement satisfies both, and the contract of carriage is what the airline can enforce at the counter.