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.
Steve Coppola
Steve Coppola is the editor of Holdover, a Canadian publication covering precision shooting, firearms policy, handloading, tools, and lawful firearms ownership.
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.
Advocacy
Prince George, 19 stages, and the *missing on-ramp*
The 2026 IPSC Canadian Handgun Nationals prove the sport still has serious Canadian infrastructure. The harder question is how new shooters are supposed to enter it.
Precision
Burns Lake gave *0.37 MOA* a scorecard
Endako Blackjack's posted Burns Lake results turn one excellent 0.37 MOA group into a better precision lesson: steel, time, centre error, group shape, and repeatable proof all count.
Precision
Heatwave: Sunstroke puts *weather* in the notebook
SAPRL's Heatwave: Sunstroke rimfire match is a useful current Canadian precision lesson. The weather is not background. It belongs in the notebook beside the zero, hold, stage plan, and result.
Precision
100.18 is not a *typo*
The current Canadian F-Class Nationals score table has clean cards like 100.18 and 100.17. For newer shooters, the useful lesson is the number after the dot.
Newsletter
The Dispatch: the scope got the room's attention
This week: the scope piece moved readers, the heat makes range prep less theoretical, and the file still needs source hygiene more than drama.
Precision
Alberta's PRS weekend sorts the *range bag*
The Apex Rocky Mountain Challenge is back near Calgary next week. For newer Canadian precision shooters, the useful lesson is not another rifle dream. It is what a match bag has to survive.