Gear
The FRT is not the *law*
The RCMP's Firearms Reference Table is useful gear intelligence, but it is not the rulebook. New Canadian shooters should learn that distinction early.
Gear
Canadian-first rifle, optic, and gear reviews with owner judgement, measured tradeoffs, and no spec-sheet theatre.
Gear
The Cadex Covert is not a *shortcut*
The Cadex CDX-SS Seven S.T.A.R.S. Covert in .308 looks like the compact answer. It is not. It is a serious precision rifle that happens to fold short.
Advocacy
The portal says *wait*
Public Safety's May 7 update tells owners to wait for notification and a funding agreement before disposal. That small instruction says a lot about the buyback.
Advocacy
The prize list is the *point*
CCFR's Raining Guns contest worked because it made lawful Canadian firearms ownership visible as regulated property, business support, and ordinary gear culture.
Advocacy
The exemption is the *warning light*
B.C.'s new FVPA sells itself as gang law. The warning for lawful shooters is the exemption: if ordinary range activity needs carving out, the law was wider than advertised.
Advocacy
Saskatchewan put a receipt on the *ban*
Saskatchewan's new appraisal service turns the federal buyback fight back into property, storage, receipts, and the lawful owners Ottawa keeps finding first.
Advocacy
The gun show is not a *loophole*
A busy May 2 gun show listing in Ontario is a useful reminder: in Canada, the gun show is not a loophole. It is one of the last human places where new shooters can learn gear, law, and culture at the same table.
Precision
The *data* book.
Components are up, rimfire matches are filling, and the thing separating winners from also-rans at Canadian precision matches is often a notebook, not another rifle part.
Gear
The Cadex CDX-300 TAC makes *.300 PRC* make sense
The Cadex CDX-300 TAC is too heavy, too expensive, and too specific to flatter casual ownership. Good. In .300 PRC, those are not sins. They are the point.
Precision
The .22 moment: rimfire is the path into Canadian precision
Rimfire precision gives new Canadian shooters a practical way into the sport while centrefire costs and policy pressure keep rising.
Gear
The common *ten*.
Ten firearms keep turning up in Canadian safes, in the quiet racks at Canadian Tire and Cabela's, and in the classifieds. Non-restricted only. The list is editorial. The reasoning is on the page.
Opinion
Why I sold my *Canadian Starter Kit*.
The Canadian Starter Kit - 10/22, SKS, pump 12-gauge - is what every new PAL holder gets told to buy. It cost me close to $1,800, taught me a few genuinely useful things, and sold before I bought the 338 Lapua that actually fits.