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Vudoo Gun Works V-22
The premium-tier American rimfire precision rifle. Rem 700 footprint in .22 LR. The fourth 0/15 on the Index.
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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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Steyr AUG
The original bullpup service rifle. Austrian Bundesheer 1977; SOR/2020-96 named the family in May 2020. The category's reference case.
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Sterling Arms R18 MK2
The first Sterling Arms prohibition. Prohibited by OIC December 2024. The R9 MK1 (pilot) was prohibited by FRT reclassification seven months later.
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Anschütz MSR RX22
An Olympic-grade German rimfire match rifle in AR styling. The rubric scored it 9/15; the OIC made it Already Gone for the styling alone.
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B&T APC9 (and APC9-SA, APC9K, KH9, TP9 variants)
The Swiss premium PCC. Fit, finish, and finish-tier price. Named alongside the entry-tier Hi-Point Carbines in the same Order in Council.
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CZ 600 Range
CZ's 2021 platform refresh. Modular barrel-and-bolt system. Three-lug action with 60° lift. The CZ 550's successor for Canadian precision shooters.
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Ross Mk III (Ross 1910)
Canadian-designed, Canadian-manufactured, Canadian-service-issued. Withdrawn from the WWI trenches in 1916. Still legally hunting deer in 2026.
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Marlin 336
The deer rifle. Continuously produced 1948 to today, relaunched by Ruger in 2021 after the Marlin acquisition. .30-30 hasn't changed.
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Tikka T1x
The third 0/15 on the Index. Tikka's rimfire trainer designed to feel like the T3x in your hands. Same Low for the same reasons.
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Savage B22 Precision
The other 0/15 entry on the Index. Bolt-action rimfire precision rifle in a chassis system — Savage's answer to the CZ 457 MTR.
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Savage 110 (and variants)
The American bolt-action that's been continuously produced for 68 years. Available in every common Canadian hunting calibre. The cleanest Low.
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Henry Long Ranger
The modern lever-action that put centrefire-rifle calibres in the lever format. A 2016 design, currently Non-restricted, unlikely to move on rubric grounds.