Gear
The lifetime warranty stops at the border
A lifetime optics warranty tells a Canadian buyer very little until the dealer names the service route.
Steve Coppola
Steve Coppola is the editor of Holdover, a Canadian publication covering precision shooting, firearms policy, handloading, tools, and lawful firearms ownership.
Precision
On a Canadian firing line, 300 needs a unit
Canadian shooting disciplines use metres and yards side by side. Label the range, solver entry, and dope card before one number becomes two distances.
Advocacy
One Ontario buyback contact, six unpublished totals
One Ontario owner says the buyback program contacted him. Ottawa's current workflow now needs public counts for agreements, kits, appointments, validation, destruction, and payment.
Gear
Four ammo increases in nine months
Four supplier increases took effect between October and June. For Canadian shooters, the useful number is the replacement cost of a full season.
Advocacy
Nine groups fill the firearms appeal's pending column
Five replies landed on July 27-28, yet nine private applicants remain pending in Canada's Supreme Court firearms appeal.
Precision
At Borden, 900 metres still runs on *iron sights*
Entries are open for Canada's August Target Rifle championship at Mons Range. The discipline pairs aperture sights with prone sling support from 300 to 900 metres.
Advocacy
A *$1.04-million grant* with something to measure
New Westminster's second federal prevention round arrives with a narrow 2024 baseline. Give the local work time, then publish what changed.
Advocacy
A chief firearms officer, *north of 60*
Yukon wants a chief firearms officer based in Whitehorse. The office could bring licensing and range administration closer while federal law stays federal.
Handloading
Three rifles, 200 rounds, and five days at the *bench*
Cutting my range rotation from six or seven rifles to three improved the pace of each shot. It also left 150-200 cases waiting for most of the week.
Gear
Canada's gun-store map starts with *392 pins*
A new community-built map makes 392 Canadian firearms retailers searchable, with verification rules, corrections, and a privacy-conscious location search.
Gear
Built in *Chilliwack*
MDT holds 41 per cent of the PRS top 200. The number explains what elite shooters buy from a chassis, and what a newer shooter can leave on the shelf.
Precision
Cookstown puts *250 targets* on Canada's trap line
Canada's national trap championship brings a 250-target scorecard, a public spectator invitation, and an international team path to Cookstown.