Advocacy
One receiver, three rows, and a *30-day clock*
Federal records track calibre and can hold multiple configurations. Section 4 gives permanent and continuing temporary changes different clocks.
Steve Coppola
Steve Coppola is the editor of Holdover, a Canadian publication covering precision shooting, firearms policy, handloading, tools, and lawful firearms ownership.
Advocacy
On BC Ferries, your *ticket type* changes the firearm rule
BC Ferries section 13 sends vehicle and foot passengers down different firearm paths. Route 11 has a narrow northern exception.
Advocacy
In Quebec, the licensed-owner count crossed *500,000*
The RCMP's 2025 report puts Quebec at 502,111 adult PAL holders, 20.4% of Canada's total. The historical tables make the milestone more precise.
Advocacy
An Olympic handgun exemption measured in *57 transfers*
Three current owner reports signal that Canada's Olympic handgun exemption remains active. Public Safety's last specific snapshot counted 57 transfers since 2022.
Precision
Ontario's 1,000-yard line runs on a *military calendar*
A current Ontario shooter asks what rifle reaches 1,000 yards. The harder limit is the small number of civilian dates available on CFB Borden's ranges.
Advocacy
Peel's PAL applications doubled. Clubs see a *new crowd*
RCMP data supplied to CBC shows PAL applications up 110% in Peel since 2016. Ontario clubs say the newcomers are younger, more diverse, and increasingly women.
Newsletter
The Dispatch: November is on the calendar
The Supreme Court hearing, Saskatchewan's proposed class proceeding, and the Holdover stories worth carrying into the weekend.
Advocacy
Who belongs in Saskatchewan's gun-ban *class*?
CCFR says it filed a Saskatchewan compensation class action. The fair-value theory is public; the pleading that defines the proposed class remains out of view.
Advocacy
Two days in November will test Ottawa's *gun-ban power*
CCFR says November 9-10 are set for its Supreme Court appeal. The dates matter because Cabinet must defend how it used delegated power to prohibit lawfully owned firearms.
Gear
Electronic ear pro: *between the shots*
Electronic hearing protection earns its place when it keeps the range audible and its seal intact after a rifle stock reaches the cheek weld.
Precision
Under the stock, *less uncertainty*
A rear bag will not purchase a good group. It can make the soft part of a precision-rifle setup repeatable enough that the next group tells you something useful.
Precision
Thirty-four entries put *mounted shooting* on Alberta's clock
Outlaws Paradise begins in Sturgeon County with 34 entries and five stages. That is enough to show that Alberta mounted shooting is a scored sport with real structure behind it.