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Almost Rifles: The ATRS Modern Sporter vs M+M M10X

February 6, 2019

One of the strange vagaries of the Canadian firearms act is the manner in which it incentivizes innovation. While other jurisdictions can lean on existing firearm designs that have naturally risen to the top ba...

B+T APC223: NON-RESTRICTED EXCELLENCE… AT A PRICE

Daniel Fritter

March 3, 2018

Look, we get it. The AR-15 works, probably as well as any .223 ever will. It’s got a rich history and decades of product development behind it; it’s been deployed in countless battlefields by every non-former...

BUSHNELL SMRS REVIEW: A 1-8.5x24mm JAPANESE BEAUTY

Daniel Fritter

September 7, 2017

About six months ago we topped our Project M14 with a Bushnell Elite Tactical 3.5-21x50mm optic. Our first foray into the world of high-end Bushnell optics, we were in a word, floored. Although heavy, the featu...

COLT CANADA MRR REVIEW

Daniel Fritter

September 1, 2017

The IUR is dead. Long live the IUR. Standing for "Integrated Upper Receiver," Colt Canada's take on the monolithic AR-15 upper receiver has seen more than a few iterations, but the latest version changes everyt...

NEW AR-15 SEMI-AUTOMATIC STANDARD: RCMP

Daniel Fritter

April 26, 2017

The RCMP have circulated a new memo to gun industry members advising them of a new AR-15 semi-automatic standard being used to classify semi-automatic AR-15 receivers from fully automatic receivers. Historic...

LIBERALS IGNORE AR-15 PETITION

Daniel Fritter

June 14, 2016

Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, Ralph Goodale, has announced the government will not consider altering the classification of the AR-15 rifle in response to a petition filed by Conservative MP Bob Zimmer las...

THE AR-15 IN CANADA

Daniel Fritter

June 13, 2016

The AR-15 rifle has, for obvious reasons, been the subject of much discussion lately. With the recent terrorist attack in Orlando following a string of shootings involving the AR-15 rifle, many media outlets ha...

FIRST LOOK: COMPLETE RIFLES FROM LANTAC

Geordie Pickard

January 25, 2016

We know it’s not always easy to get excited about new AR-15s - even from LANTAC. One of the big lessons from this year’s SHOT show was that when the entire western world standardizes on a single rifle platform...

MAGPUL LAUNCHES TWO NEW PRODUCTS

Daniel Fritter

October 7, 2015

Magpul, purveyors of all things tactical, high-speed/low-drag, and dynamic, launched a couple new products recently: Their new M-Lok rubber rail covers, and a nifty extended magazine release for AR-15s. The ...

DANIEL DEFENSE UNVEILS NEW RIFLE: DD5V1

Daniel Fritter

October 2, 2015

One of the most recognizable names in the AR-15 manufacturing business, Daniel Defense just took the wraps off their latest rifle; the DD5V1. Hotly anticipated, especially in the USA where AR-15s can be used fo...

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