Precision
Lower Nicola puts precision on the *clock*
BC's MDT Midsummer Madness PRS qualifier starts June 13. Newer shooters do not need to enter cold. They should read the match page before the cart gets louder.
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Advocacy
Ottawa moved the deadline, then called it *certainty*
Public Safety Canada extended the firearms amnesty to 90 days after the Supreme Court decision. That helps owners. It is not the same thing as certainty.
Precision
After Range Day, read the *flag*
A fresh B.C. Range Day report had new shooters trying a 175-yard rimfire challenge. Good. Now comes the part every newer precision shooter should learn before buying more gear: read the flag.
Gear
Discovery ED-ELR 5-40x56 FFP *scope review*
The Discovery ED-ELR 5-40x56 is a tempting Canadian 40x bargain. Four mounted scopes later, the lesson was simple: magnification is not the same thing as seeing.
Advocacy
8,589 declared firearms are in the *footnote*
Public Safety posted the ASFCP collection timeline. Alberta and Saskatchewan are not in the table, even though 8,589 declared firearms sit there.
Gear
$900 needs a *price check*
A fresh Canadian price-check thread shows the smartest first move in the used market: split the rifle from the ammo, ask the community, and make the listing survive the math.
Advocacy
June 6 answers the *speech*
The Prime Minister's June 5 statement told one firearms story. National Range Day shows the licensed Canadian community the speech leaves out.
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.