Steve Coppola

Gear

Buying a borescope starts with the *phone*

An Android buyer asks about Teslong. Current model documents show why the exact camera, phone connection, app and probe deserve a check before ordering.

Precision

With *.22* expected this autumn, Hirsch points buyers to dealers

Hirsch Precision expects an autumn rimfire order, with almost all headed to Canadian dealers. The forecast gives buyers a reason to ask about allocation and matching ammunition lots.

Gear

Left-handed, and buying a rifle to *keep*

A BC buyer tried a left-handed Tikka for the first time while weighing a Bergara. Handedness, fit and the exact Canadian configuration deserve their own comparison.

Advocacy

Who can keep a *borrowed handgun* when its owner dies?

I rent a CZ handgun. A reader's question about an owner's death exposes a practical gap between Canada's borrowing rules and its restrictions on handgun inheritance.

Advocacy

Inside July's *amended* buyback recommendation

Public Safety lists an amended buyback recommendation sent for signature in July. Owners can see its title and routing, while the proposed change and decision remain unexplained.

Gear

Hornady's palm reader still needs a *fit check*

Hornady has added palm-vein access and a retrofit kit to its safe range. Current hands-on coverage makes the complete opening sequence, lock fit, and Canadian supply worth checking.

Handloading

Lake Echo *decides* your next cartridge

Berger's new 6mm bullet won in Utah. For Canadian reloaders, Lapua's catalogue and the distributor in Lake Echo say more about which cartridge belongs on the next barrel.

Gear

Your scope has never been on a *counter-tariff* list

Finance Canada's August 25 new-measure table has 629 tariff items. None is a firearm, cartridge, propellant powder, primer or riflescope. The upstream steel exposure is another matter.

Advocacy

Public Safety *advanced* $90.3 million to ESDC

Public Safety's newest quarterly report records a $90.3 million advance to ESDC for the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program. The entry shows the payment infrastructure moving. The report still leaves individual outcome reporting for the next quarter.

Advocacy

Postal code assigns *the collection site*

Public Safety assigns ASFCP collection sites from the postal code in a participant's account. Its current guidance also warns that local appointment windows can be limited. For an Ontario owner, the route belongs in the plan from the first screen.

Gear

Lyman Brass Smith Case Trim Xpress *review* after a year on the bench

After more than a year, two failed trimmers, and more than 2,000 cases across nine cartridges, the Lyman Brass Smith Case Trim Xpress has earned a permanent spot on my bench. It only trims. That turns out to be enough.

Gear

Same weight, different hole

Hornady's American Whitetail Tipped reached Outdoor Canada's 2026 gear list in twelve cartridges. Hornady's own tables put the tipped .308 load and the old one within four tenths of an inch at 300 yards. The difference that will cost you a deer is not in either table.