Category: Rifle Reviews

  • Eaton’s Carcano

    Eaton’s brought in a bunch of sporterized Carcano’s from Austria around 1929-1931. See my regular M91 Carcano review here. Some (including this one) use 6.5 Mannlicher Schoenauer instead of 6.5 Carcano. Some also have double set triggers, substantially reducing the trigger pull weight. Dive in Canada has a great video on it, no sense making…

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  • Mossberg MVP Patrol 556 Review

    Mossberg MVP Patrol 556 Review

    The Mossberg MVP Patrol is an American-made, bolt action, 223/5.56 rifle. It uses STANAG (AR15) mags and is nice and lightweight. Specifications Shooting the Mossberg MVP Patrol I. ..really like shooting this rifle. The Mossberg LBA trigger, a knockoff of Savage’s Accutrigger, is nice to use, the bolt action is fast (newer versions of the…

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  • Henry Homesteader Review

    Henry Homesteader Review

    The Henry Homesteader is a semi automatic, 9mm PCC. This rifle was lent to me for review by Dave from Foothills Firearms Training in Calgary. Pros: Cons:

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  • Browning A-Bolt Review

    Browning A-Bolt Review

    The Browning A-Bolt is a Japanese-made bolt action rifle. It has a 3 lug bolt and a somewhat strange detachable magazine that fits on a hinged floorplate. The detachable mag/floorplate thing is thankfully gone in new models like the AB3 but the bolt is still largely the same 60 degree throw affair. These rifles came…

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  • Sterling Arms R9 Review

    Sterling Arms R9 Review

    The Sterling Arms R9 is a 9mm, blowback, semi automatic PCC. It looks to be using parts from the Akdas SA-9, a unique compact 9mm made in Turkey but this version has been modified and assembled in Canada for the Canadian market: using modifications such as a longer barrel so that it’s NR and a…

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  • S&W FPC Review

    Lots of plastic Comes with 3 mags, holds 2 extra mags in stock locking non-reciprocating charging handle (but sometimes it doesn’t lock?) Folding to the side vs Sub2000 More bulky even though it’s mostly the same volume FPC Can mount an optic without doing anything dumb FPC Can’t really take a scope FPC uses M&P…

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