Handloading

Precision

With *.22* expected this autumn, Hirsch points buyers to dealers

Hirsch Precision expects an autumn rimfire order, with almost all headed to Canadian dealers. The forecast gives buyers a reason to ask about allocation and matching ammunition lots.

Handloading

Lake Echo *decides* your next cartridge

Berger's new 6mm bullet won in Utah. For Canadian reloaders, Lapua's catalogue and the distributor in Lake Echo say more about which cartridge belongs on the next barrel.

Gear

Your scope has never been on a *counter-tariff* list

Finance Canada's August 25 new-measure table has 629 tariff items. None is a firearm, cartridge, propellant powder, primer or riflescope. The upstream steel exposure is another matter.

Gear

Lyman Brass Smith Case Trim Xpress *review* after a year on the bench

After more than a year, two failed trimmers, and more than 2,000 cases across nine cartridges, the Lyman Brass Smith Case Trim Xpress has earned a permanent spot on my bench. It only trims. That turns out to be enough.

Handloading

An American label, an Australian origin

Finance Canada's new counter-tariff list works by tariff item and origin. Its current table has no 36.01 propellant-powder entry, while Hodgdon says H4350 is made in Australia.

Precision

An August zero carries two temperatures

A cold-season zero changes through the powder and the atmosphere. Write both conditions down before November asks the rifle to prove them.

Handloading

In an apartment, an eight-pound jug leaves three pounds

Section 302 gives a non-detached dwelling a 20 kg smokeless-powder limit until any one container holds more than 1 kg. Then the total ceiling is 5 kg.

Gear

AMP MARK II DB annealer review

After roughly 3,500 cases and eight months of weekly use, the AMP MARK II DB has made annealing a repeatable part of Steve's reloading workflow.

Handloading

Sixty-four dollars on the ground

Fifty new Hornady .308 cases cost C$63.95 at one Ontario retailer. The same replacement value can be lying on a range floor, after permission and inspection.

Handloading

CamPro put .311 back in the catalogue

CamPro's current 180-grain .311 plated-bullet listing gives Canadian .303 owners a component lead. The public load-data centre leaves the recipe question open.

Handloading

Three rifles, 200 rounds, and five days at the *bench*

Cutting my range rotation from six or seven rifles to three improved the pace of each shot. It also left 150-200 cases waiting for most of the week.

Gear

Cadex CDX-SS Seven S.T.A.R.S. Pro 6 BR *rifle review*

After roughly 500 rounds, my Cadex CDX-SS Seven S.T.A.R.S. Pro in 6 BR has become the most accurate and most-used precision rifle in his collection.