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Marlin Model 1894
Marlin's pistol-calibre lever-action. The handgun-cartridge sibling of the 336. Continuously produced since 1894 — current Ruger production since 2022.
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Steve Coppola is the editor of Holdover, a Canadian publication covering precision shooting, firearms policy, handloading, tools, and lawful firearms ownership.
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Weatherby Vanguard
Howa receiver under Weatherby branding. Two-thirds of the bolt-action hunting price tier shares this action under different names.
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Browning X-Bolt
Browning's flagship bolt-action. Japanese-manufactured under Miroku contract. 60° bolt lift, rotary magazine, adjustable trigger — the modern hunting standard.
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Heckler & Koch MP7A1
The PDW class on the Canadian market in one rifle. 4.6×30mm armour-penetrating cartridge in a 27-inch package. Named alongside the FN PS90.
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Henry Homesteader
Henry's first PCC. Released to the Canadian market in 2023; SOR/2024-248 named it within 14 months. The shortest Henry production run on the Canadian market.
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Kalashnikov USA AK family (and AK-pattern variants generally)
The AK family was one of the original SOR/2020-96 pattern bans. Commercial civilian AK-pattern rifles were prohibited in May 2020.
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CZ858 / Vz58
The Czech military rifle the Canadian sport-shooting community wrongly called an AK for thirty years. SOR/2020-96 named it as one of the original nine families.
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Springfield Armory M1A (M14 pattern)
The civilian M14. SOR/2020-96 named "US Rifle M14" as one of the original nine families. The M1A is the family on the Canadian market.
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Henry US Survival AR-7
Eugene Stoner's other rifle. US Air Force .22 survival rifle, stowable into its buttstock. Currently Non-restricted; clean 2/15.
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Winchester Model 94
The rifle that defined the .30-30 cartridge and the deer-camp lever-action category. 1894 design, 2026 production, Non-restricted across both endpoints.
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Remington Model 700 (and variants)
The American bolt-action that became the platform. Sixty-four years of continuous production. The receiver the chassis industry builds around.
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Sako S20
Sako's 2020 modular platform — one receiver, two configurations. Premium-tier Finnish engineering at the top of the bolt-action ladder.