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.
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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.
Handloading
A reloading order needs a *calendar*
A current Canadian reloading supplier update is a useful beginner lesson: the bench starts before the press, with hours, proof, shipping, payment, and a plan.
Competition
At Edmonton, the trap line got *wet*
The 2026 Canadian Trapshooting Championships hit real weather at Edmonton Gun Club. For newer shooters, the lesson is not that trap is easy. It is that the simple game reveals the club culture behind it.
Precision
900 metres makes *scorekeeping* honest
The KS Arms Canadian F-Class Westerns are live at Heffley Creek, with Nationals following this week. For newer shooters, the lesson is not the rifle. It is what a 900 m score sheet refuses to hide.
Precision
Velocity data has to *change* something
Compact radar chronographs are easy enough to buy in Canada now. The better question for newer precision shooters is whether the velocity number will change the next load, zero, solver input, or range note.
Precision
An ORA match starts at the *clipboard*
A current Ontario Rifle Association precision-rifle match listing carries a useful beginner lesson: the rifle matters, but timing, paperwork, target work, and range culture get first refusal.
Advocacy
Montreal deserves more than an SKS *shortcut*
If CBC/Radio-Canada is right that the Cote-des-Neiges rifle was an SKS, the SKS belongs in the discussion. It does not become the whole file.