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Ruger American Rifle
Ruger's mid-tier hunting bolt-action. American-manufactured, $699–$1,399 CAD, anchors Ruger's hunting line below the M77 Hawkeye premium tier.
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J.P. Sauer & Sohn Model 100 / Model 101
Sauer's two-tier hunting platform. Sister-brand to Mauser and Blaser in the Lüke & Ortmeier Group. German engineering across the budget-to-premium hunting band.
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Mossberg Patriot
Mossberg-branded Howa 1500. The third "Howa receiver, different brand" entry on the Index alongside Howa and Weatherby Vanguard.
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Marlin Model 1895
Marlin's large-bore lever-action. .45-70 Government in a 7-pound carbine — the Canadian bear-defence and guide-gun standard for fifty years.
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Steyr Mannlicher Pro Hunter
Steyr's premium-tier hunting bolt-action — separate division from the Steyr AUG military line. Austrian engineering at the top of the bolt-action ladder.
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Remington Model 783
Remington's budget-tier sibling to the Model 700. Same action geometry, simpler finishing, $549–$799 CAD retail.
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CZ 527
CZ's compact bolt-action — Mini-Mauser controlled-feed, single-set trigger, sized for short-action cartridges. Continuous Czech production since 1995.
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Mossberg 500
The most-sold pump-action shotgun in North America. 1961 design, current production, the Index's first pump-action shotgun entry.
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Browning BLR (Browning Lever Rifle)
Browning's modern lever-action with a detachable box magazine — chambers the bottleneck rifle calibres traditional tubular-magazine levers can't.
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Mauser M18
Mauser's budget-tier hunting bolt-action. The "People's Mauser" sits at the same Low band as Tikka, Bergara, Howa.
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Henry Big Boy
Henry's pistol-calibre lever-action with the polished brass receiver. The Big Boy is the visually distinctive sibling of the Marlin 1894.
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Marlin Model 1894
Marlin's pistol-calibre lever-action. The handgun-cartridge sibling of the 336. Continuously produced since 1894 — current Ruger production since 2022.