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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.
Steve Coppola
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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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.
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Ruger Mini-14 (and variants)
The rifle that wrote the political case for every Canadian prohibition since 1989. Listed by name in SOR/2020-96. The original postmortem.
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Sterling Arms R9 MK1
Prohibited by RCMP FRT reclassification, not Order in Council. A more concerning legal pathway — the how matters as much as the what.