Advocacy
An Olympic handgun exemption measured in *57 transfers*
Three current owner reports signal that Canada's Olympic handgun exemption remains active. Public Safety's last specific snapshot counted 57 transfers since 2022.
Canadian Context
Canadian firearms ownership, regulation, retail reality, training culture, and the practical context behind Holdover coverage.
Precision
Ontario's 1,000-yard line runs on a *military calendar*
A current Ontario shooter asks what rifle reaches 1,000 yards. The harder limit is the small number of civilian dates available on CFB Borden's ranges.
Advocacy
Peel's PAL applications doubled. Clubs see a *new crowd*
RCMP data supplied to CBC shows PAL applications up 110% in Peel since 2016. Ontario clubs say the newcomers are younger, more diverse, and increasingly women.
Advocacy
Who belongs in Saskatchewan's gun-ban *class*?
CCFR says it filed a Saskatchewan compensation class action. The fair-value theory is public; the pleading that defines the proposed class remains out of view.
Advocacy
Two days in November will test Ottawa's *gun-ban power*
CCFR says November 9-10 are set for its Supreme Court appeal. The dates matter because Cabinet must defend how it used delegated power to prohibit lawfully owned firearms.
Gear
Electronic ear pro: *between the shots*
Electronic hearing protection earns its place when it keeps the range audible and its seal intact after a rifle stock reaches the cheek weld.
Precision
Under the stock, *less uncertainty*
A rear bag will not purchase a good group. It can make the soft part of a precision-rifle setup repeatable enough that the next group tells you something useful.
Precision
Thirty-four entries put *mounted shooting* on Alberta's clock
Outlaws Paradise begins in Sturgeon County with 34 entries and five stages. That is enough to show that Alberta mounted shooting is a scored sport with real structure behind it.
Handloading
A primer family sets the *order*
Current Canadian primer listings are less empty than they were. The useful lesson is not panic-buying. It is building a compatible bench plan around the primer family and published data you can actually support.
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.
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.
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.