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Kriss Vector CRB
The most-visually-recognized PCC on the Canadian market. The Super V system was the design story; the silhouette was the regulatory one.
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Heckler & Koch SL8
The civilian sporting version of the G36 — designed to clear German firearms law, named anyway by Canadian SOR/2024-248. The lineage caught it.
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IWI Tavor TAR21
The civilian version of the rifle the IDF carries. The military lineage is the story. The regulation read it accordingly.
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Just Right Carbines JR Carbine
Made in upstate New York, beloved in Canadian gun stores. The JRC was the modular PCC that Canada bought because the modularity worked.
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FN SCAR 16S
The civilian semi-auto descendant of the U.S. SOCOM Mk 16. Named exactly because of what it descends from. The lineage is the case.
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Smith & Wesson M&P FPC
The folding-stock PCC that S&W built around its own M&P pistol magazines. Recognized at every Canadian range. Named in December 2024.
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Soviet SVT-40 (Самозарядная винтовка Токарева образца 1940)
A WWII Soviet collector rifle with zero SOR-flag features. Named anyway. The rubric and the regulation parted ways on this one.
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FN PS90
The bullpup that wrote its own ban argument: a purpose-designed military cartridge in a civilian-legal rifle. The OIC reached it on first principles.
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Kel-Tec Sub-2000
A folding 9mm carbine that defined Canadian budget PCC for fifteen years. Banned not for what it was, but for the company it kept.
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Kodiak Defence WK180C
The Canadian-made AR alternative that the OIC reached anyway. A domestic manufacturing story shut down by a regulation that named what it looked like.
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Ruger PC Carbine
Scored 10/15, top of High. The OIC made it Already Gone in December 2024. Named for what it became, not what it was.
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Daniel Defense DDM4 V7 (AR-15 platform)
The platform around which the entire OIC pathway was built. The rubric's only perfect 15/15 — every dimension at the ceiling.