Gear
Four ammo increases in nine months
Four supplier increases took effect between October and June. For Canadian shooters, the useful number is the replacement cost of a full season.
Opinion
Holdover opinion pieces on firearms policy, ownership, gear, culture, and the Canadian debate around lawful shooters.
Advocacy
Nine groups fill the firearms appeal's pending column
Five replies landed on July 27-28, yet nine private applicants remain pending in Canada's Supreme Court firearms appeal.
Advocacy
A *$1.04-million grant* with something to measure
New Westminster's second federal prevention round arrives with a narrow 2024 baseline. Give the local work time, then publish what changed.
Advocacy
A chief firearms officer, *north of 60*
Yukon wants a chief firearms officer based in Whitehorse. The office could bring licensing and range administration closer while federal law stays federal.
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
Canada's gun-store map starts with *392 pins*
A new community-built map makes 392 Canadian firearms retailers searchable, with verification rules, corrections, and a privacy-conscious location search.
Gear
Built in *Chilliwack*
MDT holds 41 per cent of the PRS top 200. The number explains what elite shooters buy from a chassis, and what a newer shooter can leave on the shelf.
Precision
Cookstown puts *250 targets* on Canada's trap line
Canada's national trap championship brings a 250-target scorecard, a public spectator invitation, and an international team path to Cookstown.
Advocacy
Inside the *211,000-record table* behind your rifle's class
Canada's firearm table is administrative, enormous, and practically decisive. A promised classification review should make its reasoning visible.
Advocacy
Legal ownership rose. The study found *little crime link*
A new Canadian preprint links direct RCMP ownership measures with deaths and crime. Its restrained finding deserves a careful read.
Precision
Four barrel makers, four *cleaning clocks*
PROOF, Bartlein, Krieger, and Criterion publish different barrel-cleaning intervals. Their shared method is the useful part.
Precision
A Canadian shooter gave 1:12 an *honest job*
A 17-pound .223 trainer, cheap 55-grain ammunition, and a 1:12 barrel make sense together when position work is the declared job.