Precision
Fifty metres at race pace
Whistler's summer biathlon weekend puts five targets 50 metres away after the course has already made a calm trigger press expensive.
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Gear
A $20 ticket, then the rifle ships later
TACCOM's current FAQ says firearms and ammunition bought at the show ship after the event or wait for store pickup. Use the day to solve the gear questions that need your hands and eyes.
Advocacy
Three years, two at home
An Ontario court reportedly imposed a conditional sentence in a firearms-trafficking conspiracy while section 99 still displays a three-year minimum. The source trail explains the gap.
Gear
What You Gain - and Give Up - With an Ultralight Rifle
A four-pound hunting rifle is easier to carry. An eight-pound rifle is easier to shoot. Neither is automatically better - and knowing which problem you actually need to solve matters more than the number on the scale.
Gear
Rangefinders Have a Marketing Number and a Useful Number
The biggest rangefinder number is often the least useful. Here’s what Canadian shooters should look for instead - and why the deer number tells you far more than the box.
Precision
At Canada's Steel Challenge Nationals, the fifth plate stops the clock
Canada's Steel Challenge Nationals put eight stages and a 195-round minimum into half a day. Five plates make each string, and a miss adds three seconds.
Advocacy
Reddit's gun-vendor rule was written for somewhere else
Reddit allows links to licensed firearm dealers. Its firearm-specific guidance still defines that permission through U.S. FFL and ATF terms, leaving Canadian communities to absorb the ambiguity.
Advocacy
The Supreme Court Gave Them Five Minutes
Eight organizations have been granted leave to intervene in the Supreme Court appeals over Canada’s firearms prohibition. Each gets ten pages and five minutes—and considerably less freedom than “intervener” might suggest.
Advocacy
Five minutes. Ten pages. Eight interveners.
The Supreme Court admitted eight private interveners to the firearms appeals and dismissed one application. Their role is broad in perspective and narrow in scope.
Advocacy
I would have said important, too.
Nanos found 88% of Canadians want illegal firearm trafficking in future continental trade talks. Read the exact question before anyone spends that number on a domestic policy claim.
Precision
Fourteen hits, then the shoot-off
Anshul Malik and Seth Norman both reached 14 hits in Saskatoon's rapid-fire final. The series differed, the total tied, and SO decided the order.
Gear
June's 22,890 shotguns were an autumn bet
A record month of Canadian shotgun imports landed before fall. The number reads like inventory money, with the retail verdict still ahead.