Wet Firearms: How to Keep Rust at Bay

Eddie Banner
Not every range day or hunting trip is dry and sunny; sometimes guns get wet. Some competitions and training events can even be wet on purpose, and hunting season on the British Columbian coast is not exactly a...

Do’s and Don’ts of Firearm Cleaning

Eddie Banner
Cleaning your firearm is an important task but it needn’t be a complicated one. The amount of cleaning your particular firearm requires depends on a couple of things; the action type, and how often you shoot...

Improve Your Trigger Control At Home!

Eddie Banner
Trigger control - or perhaps the lack of it - is one the main contributing factors to shooters missing their mark and, as with everything in life, the only way to get better is to practice. The good news is ...

Firearm Fundamentals Part 2: Before The Shot

Eddie Banner
We have been imagining Firearm Fundamentals as a tree, and in the last article we began with the roots of the tree; Firearms Safety. Now we climb up the trunk of Marksmanship and into the branches of Before the...

Firearm Fundamentals Part 1: Safety

Eddie Banner
Although it is a tad cliché, I like to think of Firearm Fundamentals as a tree. Firstly, and most importantly, there are the roots: Firearm Safety. Next comes the trunk: Marksmanship. Then, Marksmanship branche...

Four Affordable European Exotics

Daniel Fritter
If there are two words that don’t commonly get paired up in the lexicon of firearms terminology, it’s “European hunting rifle” and “affordable.” With storied brands like Sauer & Sohn, Holland & Holland,...
Cooey

COOEY: THE HISTORY OF CANADA’S GUNMAKER

Daniel Fritter
The final Cooey plant in Cobourg was the largest industrial plant in town. For a variety of reasons, the history of the gun industry in Canada is somewhat abbreviated. While our neighbors to the south lay c...
Canuck Hi Power

NEW GUNS COMING TO CANADA!

Daniel Fritter
Well Canadian gun owners, after what feels like an eternity of political repartee, we have some good news: There’s a handful of new firearms headed our way and there’s something for everyone in the mix. Firs...

HOW TO ZERO A RIFLE

Daniel Fritter
Choosing the best zero for your rifle Here at Calibre we see a lot of information on how to zero your rifle. That’s important information, of course, but a lot of the time we notice that the articles on zero...

MFT AR FURNITURE

Daniel Fritter
Mission First Tactical builds polymer AR furniture. There’s another company doing this that’s had a bit of success- maybe you’ve heard of them - and MFT is the first challenger we’ve seen. How are they doing? W...