In September of 2015, the United States military announces the opening of the XM17 Modular Handgun System competition. Aiming to replace their aging fleet of Beretta M9 service pistols, which had been in servic...
Yesterday Tony Clement rose in the House of Commons to ask Bill Blair the following: "I am told on good authority that the prime minister has a secret plan to ban legal firearms. Apparently, this secret plan is...
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...
In the mid-1950s, with America's military-industrial complex embroiled in the Cold War, American rifle development was occurring at a breakneck pace, as manufacturers scrambled to satisfy the requirements of th...
“Improving on perfection” is a bold claim, but the CZ P-10 C gives it a fair crack.
This new Czech made, polymer framed, striker fired pistol hasn’t been on the ground for much more than a year, but it is al...
Let’s say you own a big gun manufacturer, and your company builds a wildly popular rifle. That rifle can be ordered dressed as a classic hunting rifle, or as a slightly-darker-black, detachable magazine, built...
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...
I am not a bullpup guy. Two reason for that: First off, I've spent a pretty reasonable amount of time shooting guns where reloading involved inserting a magazine into a hole in front of the trigger, and secondl...
Is the greatest tactical bipod in the world…Canadian?
Sometimes companies send us gear and our first reaction is skepticism. But fairly often they win us over, and in the end, we decide the product is prett...
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...