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.
Steve Coppola
Steve Coppola is the editor of Holdover, a Canadian publication covering precision shooting, firearms policy, handloading, tools, and lawful firearms ownership.
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.
Gear
Cadex CDX-SS Seven S.T.A.R.S. Pro 6 BR *rifle review*
After roughly 500 rounds, my Cadex CDX-SS Seven S.T.A.R.S. Pro in 6 BR has become the most accurate and most-used precision rifle in his collection.
Handloading
A primer family sets the *order*
Current Canadian primer listings are less empty than they were. The useful lesson is not panic-buying. It is building a compatible bench plan around the primer family and published data you can actually support.
Advocacy
A NATO revolver enters Canadian *custody*
Mark Carney says a Turkish NATO gift is with the RCMP and has been decommissioned. Ottawa now owes Canadians a short, public custody record.
Gear
The smart scope can *wait*
Smart optics are becoming visible in the Canadian precision aisle. For a newer shooter, the screen is still the wrong first shortcut.
Newsletter
The Dispatch: 55 counts and the harder file
This week: prohibition-order breach counts, fresh StatsCan IPV data, no new buyback/SCC movement, and a practical reason to keep the source file close.
Gear
Nightforce put *new pressure* on the middle shelf
The Nightforce NX6 is now visible in Canadian retail at mid-tier money. That does not make it the automatic answer. It makes the counter comparison harder.
Advocacy
55 breach counts ask the *harder question*
CSSA's current review points to 24 people charged with 55 prohibition-order breaches in 30 days. Winnipeg's releases show why a charge after arrest is not prevention.
Advocacy
New South Wales handed Canada a *dealer warning*
A current Australian buyback story is not Canadian law. It is still a useful warning: the dealer counter is part of the regulated system, not spare scenery.