Guns as Therapy
A Canadian military veteran, disabled during his service, blogs about using his firearm hobby to help heal his PTSD.
A Canadian military veteran, disabled during his service, blogs about using his firearm hobby to help heal his PTSD.
A Canadian gun retailer is expecting a shipment of Izhmash Record-338 rifles this month. The Record rifle is based on the military SV-98 sniper rifle. [ Many thanks to snmp for emailing me the info. ]
A Canadian solider carved this replica of the Colt C7 rifle out of oak. More photos here. [ Many thanks to JussiV for emailing me the link. ]
Noah has created a website to help Canadians who are interested in getting a “Possession and Acquisition License” (gun license). It is well worth passing onto Canadian friends or relatives who are interested in getting their license. You’re going to [Read More…]
Canadian gun dealers are importing the civilian version of the Norinco CQ 5.56mm Type A, a clone of the Colt M4. It pretty much a straight clone of the M4A1, complete with 14.5″ barrel, the biggest difference being that the civilian version that is being imported [Read More…]
This recently taken photo shows a blank firing line throwing AR-15 (or the original C7, the C7A1 has an A3 style upper receiver) in use by the Canadian Navy. I like the color scheme 🙂
Canadian pistol manufacturer Para Ordnance are moving their headquarters and manufacturing to Charlotte NC. Charlotte Business Journal reports: The company leased a Pineville facility and estimates 35 to 40 jobs will be filled, mostly in manufacturing and machining. [Read More…]
About two weeks ago the police in Winnipeg, Canada, confiscated a a bunch of saw off shotguns, ammo and a unidentified submachine gun that is reported to be homemade. Full photo at The Winnipeg Sun The Winnipeg Sun reports: Possibly homemade, the submachine-gun and five [Read More…]
Stupidity has no limits. Times Colonist (Victoria, Canada) reports: YouTube videos of a Victoria man blasting a couch with an assault rifle in the woods near Jordan River were entered as evidence in a trial yesterday in B.C. Supreme Court. The showing of “AR-15 [Read More…]
Those lucky Canadians will be able to purchase the Norinco Type 97 later this year. Type 97A. Click to expand. The Type 97 is the civilian export version of the QBZ-97 rifle, which in turn is the export version of the 5.8x42mm QBZ-95. It is chambered in 5.56x45mm and [Read More…]
It seems the Afghans are moving to the AR platform, along with the Georgians. After a frustratingly long three-year wait, the fledging Afghan National Army finally has a new weapon in its arsenal: the Canadian C7 rifle. Some 42 boxes of surplus weapons arrived at the [Read More…]