Get out and shoot! This thing has been running great 👍

A few more hundred rounds on the homesteader and ive got to say ive been loving it. I think I went through about 1500 rds of 124 grain pmc bronze without a single failure or jam, but for some reason it hasn't been liking the 115 grain stuff from them as much. I seem to get light strikes with them on an annoying basis. But no issues with any other brands/weights.

For a grand on sale, im happy with it so far. Out to 75 yards with a green dot and its an absolute laser. Looking forward to putting an lpvo of some sort on it over the winter, just not sure which one yet.

The Renegade as always was a ton of fun. For what it is, in this situation we live in, I cant complain whatsoever. 2500+ rounds and never had a single issue. Cant wait to put a new trigger in there though, the factory one is HEAVY.

I got my pal yesterday after a few months and after my grandfather found out he gifted me these! A 12g Winchester model 37A (which is apparently 30+years old) and a 22lr savage 64 anyone know how I can get this rust of the shotgun and make it perty again?

Went out grouse hunting, my tactical 10/22 finally got to earn its "keep"...

Got 3 ruffy's.

Here’s my experience with IRUNGUNS. I’ve placed a couple of orders with them before, and everything went well, except for my last order.

Long story short, I ordered a stainless steel firearm. Before placing the order, I called them specifically to confirm the country of origin because for this particular firearm I wanted to avoid the US-made version due to its reportedly poor quality. I spoke with a couple of people there, and they all confirmed that the firearm was not US-made.

A couple of weeks later it arrived. After paying their crazy shipping fees, I also paid the import duty because it wasn’t US-made.

I excitedly opened the box to find rust on the stainless steel. Seriously? I had even added a note to my order specifically asking them to check for cosmetic damage. Apparently, order notes don’t mean much to them. The worst part? The rust was right on top of the serial number where they would have had to check when importing to Canada in their US office. So it’s hard to believe the damage went unnoticed.

I tried cleaning it with CLP and a nylon brush to see if it was just surface rust but it wouldn’t come off. The rust seemed to be quite deep.

I called them and they told me it wasn’t rust because stainless steel firearms don’t rust. (Wait, what?!) They then said they would warranty it, but the process would take several months because the firearm would have to be sent back to the manufacturer and then back to Canada.

At that point I thought whatever. Mistakes happen and I assumed they would make things right.

Then instead of sending me a return shipping label they emailed me saying that if they submitted a warranty claim, the manufacturer would laugh at them because it was just cosmetic damage. Rust on a brand new firearm straight out of the box is just cosmetic damage?

They also told me not to make it “dramatic” by requesting warranty (what?!). How would they know that without even inspecting the firearm?

Then the next day I took another look at the firearm and noticed something else….it was US-made. I had been so focused on the rust that I hadn’t checked the country of origin when I first opened the box. They had specifically assured me multiple times that it wasn’t US-made, and they were wrong. That was exactly what I had called them to confirm before ordering.

Once I started pushing the issue, they stopped responding to my emails since now it is a charge back case. Anyhow…. I left it at that….

TL;DR: Everything was fine with IRUNGUNS until something went wrong. They sent me a firearm with rust on it despite my request to check for cosmetic damage, gave me incorrect information about its country of origin, dismissed the rust as cosmetic, and then stopped responding when I tried to resolve the issue.

Mistakes happen but how a company handles them is what matters. Based on my experience, I wouldn’t feel confident ordering from them again.

Need you fine people to give me some ideas on where to go with this as I have acquired a professionally pre bubba’ed mosin from Ukraine at a gun show and feel the need to make it worse

It finally happened. I put all the pieces together again and got my original rifle back. 😭 I absolutely will not be selling it, however lol

The only thing the new build steals from the original is the takedown screw temporarily, and the polymer trigger housing and the disconnector will stay. I put a lightly modded BX in my original one for now.

New build highlights: Fletcher RW receiver, Tacsol Xring barrel, Kidd bolt with Volquartsen extractor and TK charging handle. Trigger has all Tandemkross and Volquartsen components. I love the feel of this custom trigger it breaks so clean and light lol. I also have a Timney trigger that has a pretty light pull but it feels almost overbuilt by comparison. I especially nerd out about and love the iron sights on both rifles 🤓

Oh yeah, first outing with the new rifle: 500 rounds of three diff kinds of ammo, 500 perfect pops and cycles lol. For the price difference between this and my Adler or even the money I have sunk in my Derya, I guess I should hope so 😂

Hey just curious, looks like "Swamp Donkeys" in Edmonton changed their name to Shooters Haven and now theres a "Swamp Donkey The Original" in Spruce.

Was there some falling out or underhanded shenanigans there, because I thought the two were partners or something?

Handgun transfer surprisingly only took a few weeks. Ruger Mk3 22/45. Shoots great, no complaints. Still not the greatest gun for bullseye shooting but it's a good starter gun nonetheless. Picked up a few extra mags and the handgun case at the shop I bought it from.

I know I will be getting a lot of questions about the Olympic handgun exemption process so that's why I will probably be making an appearance on Slamfire Radio to talk about it in detail if they can fit me in sometime.

P.S. I just want to thank the federal government for making this process harder than it needs to be. Please make it harder though. Jumping though 9 different hoops isn't long enough IMO.

Thinking about getting a safe (something fireproof) for documents and valuables including my firearms. Kinda want to put it in the basement but I'm not sure how I'm gonna get a safe down there. And even if I decide to put in on the ground floor, I still have a flight of stairs to contend with.

Do they make special dollies for stairs?

EDIT: Thanks for all the advice and suggestions!!

Don’t you love going shooting to a common know spot just to find it in an absolute pigsty, some people have no concept of picking up after themselves. Great way to get an area shutdown for littering.

Cleaned up what I could with a buddy of mine, cleaner now than before anyways

Hi all,

Ive been wanting to get an AR style plinker/fun gun. Ive seen people love and hate the adler rf224 and the derya tm22 flash/pro/feather and also know the canuck c22 is a little delayed to launch later this year.

Should i wait for the c22 or get either of those?

Fyi i do have a ruger 10/22 and its mostly for hunting with an mdt field stock. Looking for suggestions

I live rurally and I have a 1-acre lot that's 300 ft long. My Ontario municipality doesn't have a meaningful gun bylaw (it only says no discharging in public parks).

I'm pretty new to this and just got my RPAL.

I don't have a fence and there's one neighbor next to me, the other 3 sides are open fields and then forest.

Can I legally shoot there given I figure out the backstop situation or would the cops give me shit? Someone once mentioned you can't shoot within x feet of a house but I don't see what law that would be...

When did this happen?

Put some spare parts in this H&R Pardner 1871 and she’s now a “LE 870” at home🥰🥰

Here is my Colt 1892 chambered in 41 LC made in 1896! I think this is one of the most modern looking revolver you can get in canada without a permit! I am so glad i pulled the trigger on that trade

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This is a solid little thing !

Swapped out the red dots, took these to the range yesterday and the scope is holding well on the Tm22 for a cheap option
Just need my scary black looking lever, Mossberg 88 and Tina t3x and I think I’m done…

I found out 3D printing mags is legal but don’t want to use 3D printed springs so if anyone one knows where I can get p mag gen 3 springs would be great btw using a file for 5rounder only

How to i get start with ipsc? I have my own handguns, what equipments do i need and what license do i need to get ? I live in Vancouver

Thanks

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/separating-facts-from-noise-in-canadas-gun-debate-noah-s-schwartz-for-inside-policy/

Separating facts from noise in Canada’s gun debate: Noah S. Schwartz for Inside Policy

Fear is a powerful motivating force in politics

— but governments should adopt policies because they work, not because the public can be scared into accepting them.

Gun control in Canada has become a divisive issue, motivating rural resentment and fanning the flames of Western alienation, including the Alberta separatist movement.

But this should not be the case. After all, both sides of the Canadian debate are much closer together than in the United States. For example, research shows that gun owners in Canada are broadly accepting of measures like gun licensing and safe storage laws which would be a non-starter in much of the U.S.

So why has our gun debate become so toxic despite this? To illustrate the problem, let’s consider the example of a device that is over 100 years old, makes firearms less dangerous, and is legal in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and across much of Western Europe — but not Canada.

That device is called a firearm suppressor but is sometimes called a sound moderator or silencer. In February 2017, e-petition e-575, calling for the device’s legalization, received 11,127 signatures and was read in the House of Commons. The language of the petition was measured and fact-based. The fact that the government was able to so easily ignore this call tells us something about gun policy in Canada.

Letting fear trump evidence

Fear is a powerful motivating force in politics — but governments should adopt policies because they work, not because the public can be scared into accepting them. Too often, however, gun control policies in Canada have been sold to the public using misleading language like “assault-style firearm,” or using tragic, but statistically rare mass shootings as a justification, rather than looking at where the majority of gun deaths happen (hint: not from mass shootings), or where most crime guns come from (hint: not Canada).

Firearm suppressors are a great example of this. In the movies, and thus in the minds of much of the public, a suppressor completely silences the noise of a firearm, making it easier for sneaky assassins or secret agents to carry out clandestine carnage.

In reality, a suppressor reduces the report of a firearm to levels that are less damaging to the user’s hearing, which is useful because guns are very loud. A 30-calibre rifle, commonly used to hunt deer in Canada, produces a peak sound output of 175 dB, which is significantly higher than the 140 dB threshold for permanent hearing damage in adults. For comparison, the sound of a car travelling at highway speeds has been measured at 77 dB, a rock concert produces up to 114 dB, and a jet engine at takeoff produces 150 dB.

With a suppressor attached, the sound of a hunting rifle will be 17 to 26 dB lower. Easier on the ears, but still louder than a jackhammer.

Unfortunately, silencers have become victims of their own marketing. As early as 1909, misinformation about them circulated widely in the press. Articles claimed that a silencer could make any gun noiseless, and that this would lead to an increase in assassinations or murders. My preliminary research in the Library of Parliament suggests that a series of high-profile but overblown crime stories in the 1920s and 1930s fuelled public anxiety, creating a political climate in which Canadian legislators felt comfortable banning firearm suppressors without even debating the measure in Parliament.

Actual evidence shows that criminal use of suppressors is rare even in countries where there are few restrictions, such as New Zealand. This is logical, as career criminals and gang members tend to prefer weapons that are easy to conceal. Attaching a silencer to a firearm makes it much more conspicuous.

Looking south, rather than east

A big part of Canadians’ apprehension about firearms stems from our relationship with the United States. It is normal for Canadians to compare ourselves to our southern neighbour given our geographic proximity, economic integration, cultural similarities, and political entanglements. Gun control is often seen by Canadians as an important marker of difference from our American neighbours.

Further, the gun debate is a salient political issue in the US, and events in America can even drive the Canadian policy agenda, such as the Uvalde shooting in Texas, which the Trudeau government cited as part of their justification for their 2023 handgun freeze.

But obsessing over how the Americans are mishandling the firearms issue can distract our focus from how European countries are creating gun control regimes that fight gun crime while respecting legitimate firearm users.

Again, suppressors are a perfect illustration of this. In many of Canada’s peer nations, suppressors are not only common tools but they are also considered common courtesy. The UK, which has some of the strictest gun laws of any Western democracy, recognizes the value of suppressors in reducing the noise pollution caused by shooting ranges and hunting. As of 2023, there were over 206,000 firearm suppressors in circulation among licensed shooters in the UK, and the government is even moving to lessen the administrative burdens tied to buying them. Similarly, in New Zealand, suppressors are widely available and listed as basic safety equipment in their firearm safety code.

Among European countries, the trend has been towards the deregulation of suppressors with Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, the UK, and Portugal either legalizing or making it easier to buy silencers in the past 12 years. Most peer nations in Europe now allow licensed hunters or shooters to own suppressors with few restrictions. Scandinavian countries, which share a similar geography, social values, and hunting culture to Canada, have some of the loosest silencer laws in Europe.

Ignoring opportunities for bipartisan consensus-building

Because political parties in Canada have used gun control as a wedge issue, there have been considerable missed opportunities. In the past, collaborations between gun owner groups and the government have contributed to public safety. Hunter safety courses, for example, conceived as a collaboration between provincial wildlife organizations and the government, have drastically reduced hunting accidents with little added burden to hunters.

Legalizing suppressors is another missed opportunity to craft bipartisan policy consensus. Suppressors are useful tools for limiting noise pollution and protecting the health of hunters, farmers, and sports shooters. Gun ranges in Canada are important sites of community and provide a safe and supervised environment for hunters to hone their craft and for the shooting sports to be practiced. Yet, these ranges also create significant noise pollution. Despite careful noise mitigation planning by range operators, this noise can still be hazardous to people as far as 800 metres away.

More than 1 million Canadians hunt. Hunting is often a family tradition passed down through generations, and for Indigenous Canadians, it is a treaty right, guaranteed by our Constitution. But in places where hunting grounds are close to populated areas, noise pollution can lead to conflict between hunters and the public. Suppressors can reduce these concerns and help make hunters and sports shooters better neighbours.

Further, the noise produced by firearms can be hazardous to shooters’ health. Studies have shown that hunters and sports shooters have higher levels of hearing loss than the general population. More recent research has even demonstrated that long-term exposure to the concussive blast of a firearm in an indoor shooting range could lead to brain injuries. Suppressors mitigate both risks.

Recent changes to Canada’s gun laws, which have included banning thousands of models of commonly owned firearms and freezing handgun ownership, are deeply unpopular among gun owners and many rural, northern, and western Canadians. Critics argue that the laws have been motivated more by politics than sound policy. Adopting an evidence-based approach to hearing protection could serve as an olive branch between the government and these communities and demonstrate that the Carney government is taking a more serious approach to this issue than its predecessor.

It is a first — albeit a modest — step in repairing a fractious debate.

Noah S. Schwartz is an assistant professor of Political Science and author of three books and several journal articles and policy papers on gun control.

Just wanted to reach out and see what people think. I saw the recent post about the 3d printed 597 adapter to fit the 10/22 and also realize why that style is illegal. It got me thinking though and I wanted to ask about the reverse idea.

If a 10/22 was modified to take TUF-22 mags, could one legally 3d print a new upper for an existing 10/22 mag that had the tab?

This would make the original 10/22 mag only fit a TUF-22 or modified 10/22 and most importantly, not the Challenger pistol. This, in theory, would allow the use of the banana and drum mags at full capacity.

Not sure the legality of modifying mags to physically only fit a different nonrestricted firearm though. Hoping that maybe SpecterBallistics may chime in as I know he has lots of experience with adapters and such.