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Bergara Premier HMR Pro Rifle: 300 PRC, 26" Barrel, Model Bpr20-300prcmc
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.
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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Bergara Premier Canyon Rifle: 308 WIN, 20" Barrel, Model Bpr26-308fp
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.
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Beretta Brx1 Straight Pull Bolt Action Rifle – Black
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.
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Cva Scout Rifle, Blued / Stealth Grey: 308 WIN, 20" Barrel, Model Cr4437
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.
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Cva Scout Rifle, Blued / Stealth Grey: 223 REM, 20" Barrel, Model Cr4434
Current and legal per listing, with conventional rifle cues that keep it below the watch bands.
Advocacy
Gun shops got the *error screen*
The buyback's business portal turned retailers into deadline managers, inventory clerks, and support-ticket writers. That is not background admin. It is the policy.
Newsletter
The Dispatch: Holdover now fits in a pocket
Holdover Tools is live on iPhone, Android is queued next, and Public Safety has posted a new buyback collection calendar.
Advocacy
10,353 signatures chose the harder *target*
E-petition e-7232 closed with 10,353 validated signatures and a better public-safety instinct: stop processing licensed owners and fund the harder problems.
Advocacy
Ottawa found the owners, then lost the *who*
Q-1053 shows the buyback can find licensed owners well enough to process them, but not readily describe who is actually in the program.
Precision
June 6 should teach the first *zero*
National Range Day is strongest when it gives new Canadian shooters one useful piece of competence: an honest first zero.
Handloading
Reloading starts with a *press*, then eats the bench
Reloading starts with a press, then quietly eats the bench. The real lesson is not cheaper ammo. It is learning how many small variables live between brass and trigger pull.
Gear
Make the first rifle *boring*
Canadian shooters are hungry for new semi-auto rifles. New PAL holders should still make the first serious rifle boring on purpose.